Onsite Network Engineer - Must be based in the Pittsburgh, PA area

We are looking for a Network Engineer to support the technical direction and connectivity strategy across our locations. You’ll support the architecture of our routing, switching, VPN, firewall, and cloud networking infrastructure, and act as the company’s senior authority on network design, security, and resilience. This is a hands-on, high-influence role for someone who can design for scale, solve the hardest problems, and raise the bar for the engineers around them.

Responsibilities:

• Define network architecture and multi-year roadmap across on-prem and Azure, including Meraki, Palo Alto, AWS VPC, and AWS Transit Gateway
• Serve as the senior technical authority for network design in a microservices and container-based environment partnering with engineering, security, and platform teams on high-impact decisions
• Drive network-as-code and automation (IaC, CI/CD, config management) to make the network repeatable, auditable, and self-service where possible
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of new products and solutions, building business cases and presenting recommendations to IT and engineering leadership
• Lead architecture for complex initiatives such as new site build-outs, cloud migrations, network segmentation, zero trust, and M&A integration
• Partner with security to define hardening and patching standards, and to investigate and remediate security incidents with network impact
• Design observability and monitoring strategy for network health, performance, and capacity planning
• Mentor and develop network, systems, and service desk staff; build runbooks and training that scale expertise across the team

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience designing and operating enterprise network environments, with a strong track record in hybrid on-prem and cloud
• Expert-level knowledge of IPSec/VPN, DNS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, AWS VPC, Security Groups, peering, Transit Gateway, and advanced routing
• Deep understanding of how cloud, container, and virtualization technologies affect network performance, security, and design
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and network automation (e.g., Terraform, Python, Ansible)
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, set standards, and drive cross-functional alignment
• Experience designing for compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical tradeoffs for leadership
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure, or others Cloud, PCNSE, CCNP/CCIE) is a plus