Communications Engineer

Network Engineer, Salary range is $90,000-$120,000

Earn 1 week of vacation after 90 days of employment and enjoy an excellent benefits package that includes our very own employee resorts Click here to learn more about our employee resorts

Position Summary

The Network Engineer designs, implements, operates, and improves R+L Carriers enterprise routing, switching, wireless, security, wide-area, and data center networks. The role ensures reliable, secure connectivity for terminals, offices, data centers, cloud services, and business applications.

This engineer resolves complex incidents, executes controlled changes, maintains standards and documentation, supports projects and life-cycle upgrades, and participates in on-call coverage. The position collaborates with support, security, systems, telecom, application, and vendor teams.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility AreaAccountabilitiesNetwork Engineering

• Design and implement routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, firewall, load-balancing, and data center network solutions.

• Translate business and technical requirements into secure, supportable designs and implementation plans.

• Develop standards, configurations, diagrams, test plans, and rollback procedures.

• Evaluate capacity, resilience, interoperability, and life-cycle risks.

Operations and Troubleshooting

• Monitor network health, performance, availability, and capacity.

• Diagnose and resolve complex connectivity, routing, switching, wireless, security, and application-delivery issues.

• Participate in on-call support and major-incident response.

• Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions for recurring problems.

Change and Project Delivery

• Plan, test, document, and execute network changes under approved controls.

• Deliver assigned upgrades, refreshes, site deployments, and infrastructure projects on schedule.

• Coordinate maintenance windows, vendors, carriers, field teams, and business stakeholders.

• Validate production readiness, monitoring, support handoff, and post-change results.

Security and Documentation

• Implement segmentation, access controls, secure configurations, and vulnerability remediation.

• Maintain accurate logical and physical diagrams, inventories, standards, configurations, and procedures.

• Support audits, disaster-recovery tests, and security investigations.

• Share knowledge and provide technical guidance to network support personnel.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.

• Active CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge and experience.

Experience

• 5 or more years of enterprise network engineering experience preferred.

• Experience supporting routing, switching, wireless, security, WAN, and data center network architectures.

• Experience leading technical changes, troubleshooting complex incidents, and delivering projects.

• Experience working with vendors, carriers, support teams, and business stakeholders.

Technical Competencies

• Cisco routing and switching; Palo Alto security; F5 application delivery; Aruba SD-WAN; Cradlepoint or comparable technologies.

• TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, QoS, wireless, VPN, firewall, load balancing, DNS, DHCP, and network monitoring.

• SolarWinds or comparable monitoring and performance-analysis tools.

• Network automation, configuration management, change control, and technical documentation.

Professional Competencies

• Structured troubleshooting and sound technical judgment.

• Clear communication during incidents, changes, and project work.

• Strong ownership, follow-through, and operational discipline.

• Collaboration, mentoring, and constructive peer review.

Benefits: R+L Carriers offers an excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching contributions, Paid Vacation & Holidays, and vacation lodging at our exclusive employee resorts in Daytona Beach, FL, Big Bear Lake, CA, Pigeon Forge, TN, and Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

About Us: R+L Carriers is a family owned, privately held transportation company founded in 1965. Our business caters to the transportation and distribution industry and is designed to provide customers with superior service through efficient administration and innovative thinking. The Company prides itself in treating our employees and customers with respect and honesty. We believe each employee contributes directly to the Company's growth and success. There are many other transportation companies capable of picking up and delivering freight. However, we believed our customers select us because of the efforts of our employees.

R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC ("R+L Carriers") and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. R+L Carriers will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested. When completing this application, you may exclude information that would disclose or otherwise reference your race, religion, age, sex, genetic, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by federal or state law. This application is considered current for ninety (90) days only. At the end of this period, if you are still interested in employment, it will be necessary for you to reapply by completing a new application.