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Network Engineer

Pavago Pakistan


No Relocation

Posted: May 18, 2026

Job Description

🌐 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, BGP, Firewalls & Enterprise Infrastructure)

Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours

🚀 About the Role

We’re hiring a technically strong and proactive Network Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise-grade network infrastructure across production environments.

This role is focused on:
✅ Routing & switching
✅ Firewalls & VPNs
✅ Network security
✅ Monitoring & troubleshooting
✅ Cloud networking
✅ Performance optimization

You’ll work directly with enterprise networking environments involving:

  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Palo Alto
  • Fortinet
  • Hybrid cloud infrastructure
  • Multi-site enterprise networks

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-moving technical environments and enjoys solving complex networking and infrastructure challenges.

🔥 What You’ll Own

Enterprise Network Configuration & Maintenance

  • Configure and manage:
    • routers
    • switches
    • firewalls
    • VPNs
  • Work across technologies including:
    • Cisco
    • Juniper
    • Palo Alto
    • Fortinet
  • Implement and maintain:
    • VLANs
    • QoS
    • VPN tunnels
    • ACLs
    • network segmentation
  • Configure routing protocols including:
    • BGP
    • OSPF
    • EIGRP
  • Perform:
    • firmware upgrades
    • patch management
    • hardware maintenance

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

  • Monitor network health using:
    • SolarWinds
    • Nagios
    • PRTG
    • Zabbix
  • Diagnose:
    • latency
    • packet loss
    • routing instability
    • failover issues
  • Use tools such as:
    • Wireshark
    • TCPdump
  • Resolve escalated network incidents and provide:
    • root cause analysis
    • remediation documentation

Network Security & Compliance

  • Enforce:
    • firewall policies
    • ACLs
    • segmentation strategies
    • intrusion prevention systems
  • Support security and compliance initiatives involving:
    • PCI-DSS
    • HIPAA
    • SOX
    • GDPR
  • Implement:
    • Zero Trust networking principles
    • secure remote access
    • VPN security best practices
  • Support tools such as:
    • Snort
    • Suricata

Performance Optimization & Reliability

  • Conduct:
    • bandwidth analysis
    • capacity planning
    • failover testing
    • load balancing optimization
  • Maintain:
    • high availability
    • network redundancy
    • ≥99.9% uptime
  • Proactively identify risks before outages occur

Documentation & Governance

  • Maintain:
    • network diagrams
    • topology maps
    • runbooks
    • configuration documentation
  • Use:
    • Visio
    • Lucidchart
    • ITIL change management workflows
  • Ensure all changes are documented accurately

Cloud Networking & Infrastructure Projects

  • Collaborate with:
    • DevOps teams
    • Cloud engineers
    • Infrastructure teams
  • Support:
    • AWS VPCs
    • Azure VNets
    • GCP networking
    • hybrid cloud environments
  • Participate in:
    • office expansions
    • migrations
    • data center deployments
    • infrastructure upgrades

💻 Required Experience & Skills

  • 3+ years of experience in:
    • Network Engineering
    • Infrastructure Engineering
    • Enterprise Networking
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Cisco
    • Palo Alto
    • Fortinet
    • Juniper
  • Deep understanding of:
    • TCP/IP
    • VLANs
    • QoS
    • VPNs
    • ACLs
    • BGP
    • OSPF
  • Experience with:
    • monitoring tools
    • troubleshooting tools
    • packet analysis
  • Strong documentation and communication skills

⭐ Ideal Experience

  • CCNP / CCIE certifications
  • Palo Alto or Fortinet certifications
  • Experience with:
    • AWS VPC
    • Azure networking
    • hybrid cloud networking
  • Familiarity with:
    • Python
    • Ansible
    • Terraform
    • network automation
  • Experience supporting:
    • multi-site enterprise networks
    • high-availability environments

🧠 What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Strong troubleshooting instincts under pressure
  • Highly detail-oriented and process-driven
  • Proactive mindset focused on preventing outages
  • Excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly
  • Comfortable balancing operations, troubleshooting, and project work
  • Passionate about network reliability, security, and optimization

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

  • Monitor dashboards and respond to network alerts
  • Troubleshoot routing, VPN, or firewall issues
  • Configure switches, firewalls, and routing policies
  • Support migrations and cloud networking integrations
  • Update network diagrams and change documentation
  • Optimize bandwidth and failover performance
  • Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on projects

In short:
You ensure enterprise networks remain secure, reliable, optimized, and highly available across production environments.

📊 Key Success Metrics (KPIs)

  • Network uptime ≥ 99.9%
  • MTTR within SLA targets
  • Zero missed critical patches or compliance gaps
  • Accurate and updated documentation
  • Reduced recurring outages and escalations
  • Strong end-user and stakeholder satisfaction

🌍 Why This Role Stands Out

  • Exposure to enterprise-grade networking infrastructure
  • Work with modern:
    • firewalls
    • routing systems
    • cloud networking
    • hybrid infrastructure
  • Strong ownership and technical depth
  • Opportunity to work across networking, security, and cloud environments
  • Career growth into:
    • Senior Network Engineer
    • Infrastructure Architect
    • Cloud Networking
    • Security Engineering

🧪 Interview Process

  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
  • Technical Task:
    • VLAN configuration
    • network troubleshooting scenario
  • Client Interview with Engineering Team
  • Offer & Background Verification

👉 Apply Now

If you:

  • Enjoy solving complex networking issues
  • Thrive in enterprise infrastructure environments
  • Care deeply about uptime, reliability, and security
  • Want ownership over production network systems

This role is a strong fit for you.

🌐 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, BGP, Firewalls & Enterprise Infrastructure)Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours🚀 About the RoleWe’re hiring a technically strong and proactive Network Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain...

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🌐 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, BGP, Firewalls & Enterprise Infrastructure)

Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours

🚀 About the Role

We’re hiring a technically strong and proactive Network Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise-grade network infrastructure across production environments.

This role is focused on:
✅ Routing & switching
✅ Firewalls & VPNs
✅ Network security
✅ Monitoring & troubleshooting
✅ Cloud networking
✅ Performance optimization

You’ll work directly with enterprise networking environments involving:

  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Palo Alto
  • Fortinet
  • Hybrid cloud infrastructure
  • Multi-site enterprise networks

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-moving technical environments and enjoys solving complex networking and infrastructure challenges.

🔥 What You’ll Own

Enterprise Network Configuration & Maintenance

  • Configure and manage:
    • routers
    • switches
    • firewalls
    • VPNs
  • Work across technologies including:
    • Cisco
    • Juniper
    • Palo Alto
    • Fortinet
  • Implement and maintain:
    • VLANs
    • QoS
    • VPN tunnels
    • ACLs
    • network segmentation
  • Configure routing protocols including:
    • BGP
    • OSPF
    • EIGRP
  • Perform:
    • firmware upgrades
    • patch management
    • hardware maintenance

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

  • Monitor network health using:
    • SolarWinds
    • Nagios
    • PRTG
    • Zabbix
  • Diagnose:
    • latency
    • packet loss
    • routing instability
    • failover issues
  • Use tools such as:
    • Wireshark
    • TCPdump
  • Resolve escalated network incidents and provide:
    • root cause analysis
    • remediation documentation

Network Security & Compliance

  • Enforce:
    • firewall policies
    • ACLs
    • segmentation strategies
    • intrusion prevention systems
  • Support security and compliance initiatives involving:
    • PCI-DSS
    • HIPAA
    • SOX
    • GDPR
  • Implement:
    • Zero Trust networking principles
    • secure remote access
    • VPN security best practices
  • Support tools such as:
    • Snort
    • Suricata

Performance Optimization & Reliability

  • Conduct:
    • bandwidth analysis
    • capacity planning
    • failover testing
    • load balancing optimization
  • Maintain:
    • high availability
    • network redundancy
    • ≥99.9% uptime
  • Proactively identify risks before outages occur

Documentation & Governance

  • Maintain:
    • network diagrams
    • topology maps
    • runbooks
    • configuration documentation
  • Use:
    • Visio
    • Lucidchart
    • ITIL change management workflows
  • Ensure all changes are documented accurately

Cloud Networking & Infrastructure Projects

  • Collaborate with:
    • DevOps teams
    • Cloud engineers
    • Infrastructure teams
  • Support:
    • AWS VPCs
    • Azure VNets
    • GCP networking
    • hybrid cloud environments
  • Participate in:
    • office expansions
    • migrations
    • data center deployments
    • infrastructure upgrades

💻 Required Experience & Skills

  • 3+ years of experience in:
    • Network Engineering
    • Infrastructure Engineering
    • Enterprise Networking
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Cisco
    • Palo Alto
    • Fortinet
    • Juniper
  • Deep understanding of:
    • TCP/IP
    • VLANs
    • QoS
    • VPNs
    • ACLs
    • BGP
    • OSPF
  • Experience with:
    • monitoring tools
    • troubleshooting tools
    • packet analysis
  • Strong documentation and communication skills

⭐ Ideal Experience

  • CCNP / CCIE certifications
  • Palo Alto or Fortinet certifications
  • Experience with:
    • AWS VPC
    • Azure networking
    • hybrid cloud networking
  • Familiarity with:
    • Python
    • Ansible
    • Terraform
    • network automation
  • Experience supporting:
    • multi-site enterprise networks
    • high-availability environments

🧠 What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Strong troubleshooting instincts under pressure
  • Highly detail-oriented and process-driven
  • Proactive mindset focused on preventing outages
  • Excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly
  • Comfortable balancing operations, troubleshooting, and project work
  • Passionate about network reliability, security, and optimization

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

  • Monitor dashboards and respond to network alerts
  • Troubleshoot routing, VPN, or firewall issues
  • Configure switches, firewalls, and routing policies
  • Support migrations and cloud networking integrations
  • Update network diagrams and change documentation
  • Optimize bandwidth and failover performance
  • Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on projects

In short:
You ensure enterprise networks remain secure, reliable, optimized, and highly available across production environments.

📊 Key Success Metrics (KPIs)

  • Network uptime ≥ 99.9%
  • MTTR within SLA targets
  • Zero missed critical patches or compliance gaps
  • Accurate and updated documentation
  • Reduced recurring outages and escalations
  • Strong end-user and stakeholder satisfaction

🌍 Why This Role Stands Out

  • Exposure to enterprise-grade networking infrastructure
  • Work with modern:
    • firewalls
    • routing systems
    • cloud networking
    • hybrid infrastructure
  • Strong ownership and technical depth
  • Opportunity to work across networking, security, and cloud environments
  • Career growth into:
    • Senior Network Engineer
    • Infrastructure Architect
    • Cloud Networking
    • Security Engineering

🧪 Interview Process

  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
  • Technical Task:
    • VLAN configuration
    • network troubleshooting scenario
  • Client Interview with Engineering Team
  • Offer & Background Verification

👉 Apply Now

If you:

  • Enjoy solving complex networking issues
  • Thrive in enterprise infrastructure environments
  • Care deeply about uptime, reliability, and security
  • Want ownership over production network systems

This role is a strong fit for you.

🌐 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, BGP, Firewalls & Enterprise Infrastructure)Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours🚀 About the RoleWe’re hiring a technically strong and proactive Network Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain...