Vivid Resourcing is hiring: Principal Network Engineer (Atlanta) in Atlanta

Seeking a Principal Network Engineer with strong hands-on experience designing, installing, conguring, and troubleshooting enterprise WAN/LAN, wireless, security and datacenter infrastructure across large multi-site environments. Must have proven ability to act as the primary technical point of contact for North/South America or similar regional coverage, supporting thousands of users across oices, plants, and datacenters. Needs deep security/rewall experience (Checkpoint required; Palo Alto/Fortinet nice-to-have), strong LAN/WAN routing (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP), and high competence with wireless (Cisco/Aruba), NAC/ISE, and enterprise change/incident management. Must be comfortable leading architecture design, delivering solutions aligned to business needs, and providing expert on-call escalation support.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, install, congure & troubleshoot core/distribution/access network infrastructure across 75+ sites

Serve as primary technical POC for the Americas region

Manage & liaise with cross-functional teams to resolve complex issues

Create & maintain network security policies and protocols

Architect and plan network solutions for enterprise applications, plants &datacenters

Deliver on-call escalation support for critical production outages

Perform capacity planning, network analysis, and documentation (Visio, reports,diagrams)

Execute structured change management and update design documentation

Automate provisioning where possible (Python/Ansible nice-to-have)

Support wireless, LAN, WAN, VPN, rewall, & routing across enterprise systems

Required Skills:

Checkpoint Firewalls (critical need)

Cisco routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), WAN/MPLS, SD-WAN

Wireless: Cisco/Aruba (WLC, FlexConnect, 802.11)

LAN technologies: VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, segmentation

Security: ASA, Palo Alto, NAC/ISE, VPN (DMVPN/IPSec)

Enterprise datacenter experience (Cisco Nexus preferred)