Principal Enterprise Network Engineer

Company Description

Richweb, Inc., established in 1995 and headquartered in Ashland, Virginia, delivers comprehensive IT solutions to businesses of all sizes. The company specializes in network engineering, managed IT services, and private cloud hosting. Richweb is dedicated to creating an environment that empowers talented professionals to excel in their roles. Their mission is to ensure IT infrastructures operate seamlessly, allowing clients to focus on their core goals.

Role Overview

The Principal Enterprise Network Engineer leads Richweb’s Enterprise Network Engineering team, serving as both the technical authority and the day-to-day technical leader for enterprise networking. This role balances hands-on engineering, architectural oversight, and team leadership in a fast-moving production environment. This role will report to the Richweb CTO.

On a typical day, this role may include building network designs, assisting engineers with complex troubleshooting or outages, leading change reviews, and hands-on configuration or validation for high-impact work. The role regularly participates in deep technical escalations, guides engineers through root-cause analysis, and ensures solutions are operationally sound and well-documented.

The position is responsible for owning enterprise network architecture and ensuring operational success of post deployment.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys staying close to the technology while shaping how enterprise networking is designed, operated, and supported across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 3–5 network engineers. Help train engineers under supervision
• Act as highest technical escalation point, specifically for the enterprise network engineering team
• Set the division standard for documentation
• Design and operate SMB and enterprise networks
  • Core Routing Services (BGP, ASN Management, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS)
  • EVPN-VXLAN networks for campus and datacenter
  • Traditional Campus Networks
  • Edge and Branch Firewall Design
  • Network as Service
• Help design core network services (DHCP, DNS, IPAM)
• Drive automation and operational consistency post network installation
• Lead enterprise networking discovery for new clients.
• Work with sales team to build and maintain the product list
• Work with sales to design solutions for enterprise customers

Required Skills

• Expert-level hands-on experience with Juniper QFX, EX, SRX and MX platforms
• Expert hands-on knowledge of enterprise routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and large-scale Layer 2/Layer 3 designs
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating EVPN-VXLAN fabrics (campus and/or data center)
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise/campus network architectures
• Experience deploying and operating Juniper Mist wireless networks and network management platform.
• Deep experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including policy design, NAT, and operational troubleshooting
• Strong operational knowledge of core network services, including:
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • IP Address Management (IPAM)
• Experience integrating network services with security, systems, and application teams
  • Example: NAC and Micro-segmentation deployments
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across Layer 2 through Layer 7 in complex production environments
• Experience or strong familiarity with network automation, including:
  • Python
  • Ansible or similar automation frameworks
  • Git-based version control workflows
  • Use of APIs and programmatic interfaces
• Ability to leverage automation to improve consistency, reduce manual work, and increase operational reliability
• Proven experience acting as a technical escalation point for critical incidents and complex network issues
• Experience mentoring and guiding other engineers in design, troubleshooting, and best practices
• Strong documentation skills, including network designs, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Experience working in MSP or service provider environments

Preferred Skills and Certs

• JNCIP / JNCIE-Enterprise
• Wireless Deployment experience in Mist, Aruba or other wireless platforms
• Strong Linux experience and working knowledge of OpenBSD

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Unlimited PTO (3 weeks encouraged)