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Senior Network Engineer/Architect
Posted: 05/19/2026
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Category: Infrastructure Technologies
Job Number: 17577
Job Description
Senior Network Engineer / Architect
Quality Assurance, Process & Documentation
Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals available for contract, contract to hire, or direct placement positions to companies across the Midwest region.
We are currently looking for a Senior Network Engineer / Architect to join our team.
Responsibilities
Quality Assurance Oversight
Runbook & Process Ownership
Technical Documentation & Knowledge Management
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), paid vacation, and holidays.
Adaptive Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
Quality Assurance, Process & Documentation
Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals available for contract, contract to hire, or direct placement positions to companies across the Midwest region.
We are currently looking for a Senior Network Engineer / Architect to join our team.
Responsibilities
Quality Assurance Oversight
- Perform pre-deployment QA reviews of network device configurations across multi-vendor platforms prior to shipment
- Act as the final quality gate, ensuring all configurations meet established standards and documented processes
- Review detailed multi-step configuration procedures to identify errors, omissions, or inconsistencies
- Provide real-time oversight and technical guidance to engineers during staging and build activities
- Ensure no device is deployed without full QA validation and approval
Runbook & Process Ownership
- Review, validate, and continuously improve technical runbooks and build playbooks
- Maintain end-to-end process documentation from base configuration through final deployment readiness
- Update runbooks in real time based on deployment learnings and issue resolution
- Enforce change control discipline, ensuring adherence to established procedures and proper documentation of exceptions
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure process accuracy and standardization
Technical Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Create and maintain clear, structured documentation that supports consistent execution across teams
- Develop templates, checklists, and reference materials to improve process reliability
- Document system dependencies, data requirements, and workflow touchpoints
- Ensure documentation enables rapid onboarding and effective knowledge transfer
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
- Provide clear updates to stakeholders on QA status, deployment readiness, and process outcomes
- Communicate findings, risks, and resolutions in both written and verbal formats
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, project management, and operations teams
- Support a professional and structured customer engagement experience
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience
- Experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Runbook development and execution in real-world deployments
- Technical documentation creation and ownership
- QA / quality process implementation in a network engineering environment
- Hands-on background in at least one deployment type:
- Circuit rollouts (WAN, DIA, cellular)
- Firewall deployments across multiple sites
- Router / switch deployments in enterprise environments
- Strong foundational networking knowledge including routing, switching, VLANs, and WAN technologies
- Proven attention to detail with a strong quality and process mindset
- Experience working within structured operational processes and change control environments
- Excellent written communication and documentation skills
- Ability to guide and influence engineers without direct configuration responsibility
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with centralized network management platforms (e.g., FortiManager or similar tools)
- Familiarity with multi-vendor network environments
- Experience supporting large-scale or multi-site deployments
- Background in standardization, process improvement, or operational excellence initiatives
- Customer-facing experience in technical environments
Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), paid vacation, and holidays.
Adaptive Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
Job Requirements
network, router, switch, juniper, cisco, fortinet
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