Senior Network Engineer

For 68 years, HEICO Corporation, a NYSE traded company, has thrived by serving niche segments of the aviation, defense, space and electronics industries by providing innovative and cost-saving products and services.  HEICO’s high-energy culture focuses our Team Members on providing high quality products and services to our customer base, which is made up of most of the world’s airlines, the defense industry, satellite manufacturers and other electronics companies.  Our leadership approach creates a dynamic environment that continually challenges our Team Members to grow professionally and develop in an entrepreneurially-spirited setting.

Responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure to support data, voice, video, and wireless services. Provides hands-on support for routers, switches, Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, VMware NSX, and load balancers while optimizing network performance, resiliency, and security. This role requires strong, hands-on, primary expertise with Palo Alto firewalls, including administration, policy management, NAT, VPNs, threat prevention, logging, and troubleshooting in complex enterprise environments. Experience with Check Point firewalls is strongly desired as a secondary platform.

• →Associate’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or Engineering required; Bachelor’s preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in a fast paced and dynamic technical support environment or equivalent with a combination of education and experience.

• Required: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or equivalent enterprise networking experience.
• Strongly Preferred: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) or higher-level relevant Palo Alto certification.
• Preferred: Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) or equivalent Check Point certification.

• Expertise in routing, switching (L2/L3), and network security.
• Proficiency in fiber infrastructure and load balancers.
• Experience with Cisco platforms (ISE, VoIP, Meraki).
• Knowledge of network monitoring tools (SolarWinds, LiveAction).
• Understanding of SD-WAN, cloud networking, and virtualization.

• Strong problem-solving, time management, and customer service skills.
• Ability to document procedures and effectively communicate with stakeholders.

• Occasionally lift/move up to 50 lbs for hardware installations.
• Work in a quiet office environment with occasional field visits.
• Travel required up to 30%.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and/or finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling equipment is involved when handling service calls outside the department.

Full-time in office position requiring occasional on-call availability for critical server incidents.