Network Engineer I

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

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Network Engineer I

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

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Information Technology

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2500RJ

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Working at Lockton

At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.

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Lockton Management, LLC

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Your Responsibilities

We are seeking a Network Engineer with 2+ years of experience in enterprise network design, implementation, and security, with expertise in Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco SD-WAN and networking, Aruba wireless, and F5 load balancing solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for deploying, managing, and optimizing network infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.
As a Network Engineer, you will play a key role in network troubleshooting, security enhancements, and performance tuning, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business continuity and IT modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
1. Network Infrastructure Deployment & Management
•    Configure and administer Palo Alto firewalls, ensuring security policy enforcement, threat prevention, and VPN configurations.
•    Deploy, configure, and maintain Cisco networking solutions, including Catalyst switching and Cisco SD-WAN for optimized WAN performance and redundancy. 
•    Install, configure, and troubleshoot Aruba wireless solutions, including controllers and APs.
•    Manage and optimize F5 BIG-IP load balancers (LTM, GTM, ASM) for application traffic distribution and availability.


2. Security & Firewall Administration
•    Implement firewall policies, NAT, VPN tunnels, and zero-trust security principles using Palo Alto.
•    Monitor and analyze firewall logs, intrusion prevention alerts, and security events.
•    Collaborate with security teams to integrate firewall policies with SIEM tools and incident response frameworks.


3. SD-WAN & WAN Optimization
•    Support Cisco SD-WAN deployments, ensuring secure, optimized connectivity between data centers and branch offices.
•    Configure BGP, OSPF, MPLS, and QoS to optimize WAN traffic performance.
•    Troubleshoot SD-WAN overlays, tunnels, and connectivity issues.


4. Load Balancing & Network Optimization
•    Administer and maintain F5 BIG-IP load balancers, optimizing SSL offloading, application acceleration, and redundancy.
•    Ensure high availability of applications through intelligent traffic distribution and failover mechanisms.
•    Tune network performance by analyzing logs, monitoring SNMP traffic, and adjusting configurations as needed.


5. Wireless & LAN Infrastructure
•    Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot Aruba wireless controllers, ClearPass (NAC), and access points.
•    Implement 802.1X authentication, VLAN segmentation, and wireless security policies.
•    Optimize RF planning and network performance for enterprise wireless environments.


6. Network Troubleshooting & Incident Response
•    Serve as an escalation point for complex network issues and performance degradations.
•    Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring network incidents.
•    Respond to network outages and security incidents, ensuring minimal downtime.


7. Documentation & Process Improvement
•    Maintain network diagrams, runbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
•    Document troubleshooting steps, best practices, and recommendations for internal use.
•    Contribute to automation projects using Python, Ansible, or Terraform to streamline network operations.

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Qualifications

Must-Have
•    2+ years of experience in enterprise networking, with hands-on expertise in:

  • Palo Alto Firewalls (PAN-OS, GlobalProtect VPN, Threat Prevention)
  • Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela/IOS XE) / Catalyst / ACI
  •  Aruba wireless networking, ClearPass NAC
  • F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM, ASM) for load balancing

•    Strong knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and switching technologies.
•    Experience with firewall rule configurations, VPN setups, and intrusion prevention systems.
•    Familiarity with network automation (Python, Ansible) and monitoring tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, Wireshark).
•    Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze packet captures and performance logs.

Good-to-Have
•    Certifications: CCNP, PCNSE (Palo Alto), F5-CA or F5-CTS, Aruba Certified Professional (ACP).
•    Experience with cloud networking (Azure, AWS, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.
•    Knowledge of Zero Trust Security Models and SIEM integration.

Education
•    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

About Lockton

Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 12,500+ Associates doing business in over 140 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.

At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.

How We Will Support You

At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.

We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.

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