Cisco Network Engineer

Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year

Location: Boston, MA

Posted: November 20 2025

Minimum Degree:

Relocation Assistance: Not Available

 

In this role you will be expected to travel up to 25%. It will be based in the New England region. MSP experienced highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Primary responsibilities include performing project-based engineering, design, staging, installation, validation, testing, and troubleshooting of data/security networks
  • Lead complex, large scale Network and Security projects
  • Create low-level detailed designs that align with the business strategy, the customer s budget, and operational support capabilities.
  • Network discoveries
  • Perform Network and Security Assessments
  • Presenting documentation and engagement deliverables to customers
  • Collaborating as part of a multi-functional team with Sales, Pre-Sales, Project Management, and other delivery/engineering resources
  • Trouble resolution of complex issues and assisting team members in solving problems with their deployments.
  • Working with junior members of the engineering team to successfully implement secure network solutions
  • Execute network maintenance MOP both onsite and remotely with minimal downtime

Required Qualifications:

  • Experienced expert with complex multi-protocol routing and switching solutions
  • Various security parameters and harden access to devices
  • Core Routing and Switching platforms with a focus on design, configuration, and troubleshooting using Cisco Best Practices
  • Network design and applications, including designing IP addressing
  • OSPF, BGP, EIGRP. Redistribution of protocols and loop prevention
  • TCP/IP protocol stack, TCP/IP headers and packets, the OSI model, and commonly used TCP/UDP ports and associated services
  • Cloud Networking Experience
  • AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform in Networking context
  • Aviatrix
  • Experienced deploying at least one SDWAN Solution with Viptela, Silverpeak, or Palo Prisma SDWAN
  • Experienced in implementing security solutions such as:
  • Palo Alto Networks Product Portfolio
  • Panorama
  • Prisma Access
  • Prisma Cloud
  • Cisco Security Product Portfolio
  • FirePower / FTD Firewalls, Meraki MX: Configuration, tuning, troubleshooting
  • FMC Management
  • Strong level in routing and switching troubleshooting
  • Solid verbal and written communication skills
  • Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
  • Must have 8+ years of related project implementation experience

Additional/Preferred Skills/Certifications:

  • Fortinet Product Portfolio
  • Fortigate FWs, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer
  • Arista Networking solutions, including CloudVision
  • Aruba Product Suite
  • Experience with Aruba CX and Aruba OS software
  • VSX and VSF technologies
  • High availability configurations
  • Automation / Scripting: Python, EMM and TCL
  • Active Cisco certification; CCNP, CCIE Preferred
  • Active Palo Alto certification; PCNSA, PCCSE, PCNSE Preferred

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