Senior Network Engineer 1

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About The Position |

People Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to play a critical role in the company’s transition to a cloud-first automation-driven network architecture. This role is responsible for designing building and operating secure scalable and highly available network services while reducing reliance on on-premises infrastructure.

The Senior Network Engineer will help transform offices into internet-edge locations leveraging cloud security platforms SD-WAN Zero Trust principles and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This role requires a hands-on  technical leader who is comfortable driving architectural change and modern engineering practices.

Hybrid 3x a week- DSM

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

About The Team 

The Network Engineering team is responsible for delivering reliable secure and scalable network connectivity across People Inc.’s offices data centers and cloud environments. The team partners closely with Security Cloud Platform and Application teams to support business growth while modernizing the network through automation cloud adoption and operational excellence.

About The Positions Contributions:

 Weight % Accountabilities Actions and Expected Measurable Results

70%   Lead the design implementation and operation of enterprise network-architecture including WAN            SD-WAN firewall platforms cloud connectivity and wireless. Drive cloud-first and SaaS-first initiatives. reduce on-prem dependencies automate network infrastructure using IaC and improve resiliency scalability and security

30%   Provide senior-level operational support mentoring documentation and governance. Troubleshoot complex   network issues maintain standards and best practices partner with security and platform teams and support disaster recovery and resiliency testing

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree preferred in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field and/or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in a medium to large enterprise networking environment

• Proven experience leading or strongly influencing network modernization and cloud migration initiatives

• Experience operating in hybrid and cloud-based network environments

Specific Knowledge Skills Certifications and Abilities:

Firewall & Security

• Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Panorama (strongly preferred)

Cloud & Modern Networking

• AWS networking (VPCs routing connectivity security) – required

• Familiarity with GCP or Azure – a plus

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Python and Ansible for network automation

• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code

• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins GitHub Actions Bitbucket Pipelines)

Networking Platforms & Devices

• Experience with Cisco networking platforms including:

• Cisco IOS / IOS-XE / NX-OS

• Experience with Cisco Meraki (wireless switching SD-WAN security)

• Strong understanding of enterprise LAN/WAN/WLAN design principles

Observability & Network Monitoring

• Experience with modern observability and monitoring platforms including the Grafana stack

• Familiarity with Prometheus for metrics collection and alerting

• Familiarity with Loki for centralized log aggregation

• Ability to use telemetry and monitoring data to improve reliability and performance

% Travel Required (Approximate):

• 5–10% primarily for team meetings or critical on-site initiatives

It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. In addition the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [email protected].

The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees

What We Do

People Inc. is America’s largest digital and print publisher. Our 40+ iconic and fast-growing brands harness the best intent-driven content the fastest sites and the fewest ads to help nearly 200 million people every month including 95 percent of US women make decisions take action and find inspiration. People Inc. brands include PEOPLE Better Homes & Gardens Verywell FOOD & WINE The Spruce Allrecipes Byrdie REAL SIMPLE Investopedia Southern Living and more.

Why Work With Us

People Inc. has a people-first mentality - our audience our employees our teams. We take our role of providing the best content across the best brands very seriously and we are always looking to make sure that our teams have the space to be creative innovate and try out new things.

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