Senior Network Engineer AZ_Mesa_HQ

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles.

And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities.

The Sr Network Engineer will report to the IT Network Engineering Manager and work closely with the Architecture and Operations Team to implement and support LAN and WAN technologies for the enterprise. The Sr Network Engineer will be a member of the firewall administration team and support firewall services for the enterprise from the core to the edge to the cloud.

This role will mentor others and support the growth and maturity of our troubleshooting capabilities.

• Lead the design and deploy highly available networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
• Implement highly secure network solutions leveraging technologies that may include but are not limited to CheckPoint, VMware NSX, Aruba Wireless, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Azure and AWS.
• Experience working in engineering cloud network environments and network management – Azure and AWS
• Resolve support issues and serve as the senior escalation point for troubleshooting cloud and local infrastructure.
• Mentor team members on technical issues
• Create, oversee and test business availability and security measures (e.g., access authentication and disaster recovery)
• Work with cross‑functional managers, teams and users to support IT Operations
• Create, maintain thorough technical documentation
• Engage and partner with key business partners in support of product development and releases
• Suggest improvements to network performance, capacity and scalability
• Other duties as assigned.

• 7-10 years of experience supporting and deploying in an enterprise‑level network with multiple datacenters.
• 7-10 years of experience managing enterprise class firewalls.
• Industry‑related experience as a Network Engineer or Network Architect.
• Proven project management fundamentals in managing scope, schedule and budgets.
• Cloud infrastructure experience in Azure and AWS is highly desirable.
• Professional certifications are a plus (e.g., CCNP, CCDP).
• Proven background in network administration and architecture.
• Advanced understanding of communication protocols (mainly TCP/IP) and routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF).
• Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring and analysis tools (e.g., Solar Winds network tools).
• Advanced understanding of network operating systems (JUNOS, Cisco IOS).
• Expert understanding of IPSEC and other types of VPN.
• Working knowledge of Checkpoint firewalls.
• Advanced level of experience with Fortinet and Palo Alto.
• Advanced engineering and support of F5 Load Balancers.
• Ability to translate customer business requirements into technical needs.
• Strong customer service skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work after hours to support projects and maintenance activities.
• Potential travel to support field office projects.
• Must be located in metro Phoenix, Arizona area and willing to commute into Mesa, Arizona office.
• Successful completion of the Nlets fingerprinting background assessment.

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