Sr Field Network Engineer - Phoenix

Please do not apply if you do not currently reside in the Phoenix Area. Thank you!

Role Overview

Location: Monday–Friday, onsite across the Phoenix area (travel to client sites in the Phoenix area required)
Salary: $90,000 – $135,000 a year DOE, plus full benefits

Senior Field Network Engineer owns the end-to-end technical delivery of complex network modernization and refresh initiatives. This role encompasses planning, architecture, implementation, and operational support across LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and wireless environments.

As a senior technical leader, this role drives execution excellence—designing, deploying, and stabilizing large-scale network upgrades. The Senior Engineer leads technical teams, manages risk, ensures adherence to standards, and provides clear visibility to stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery Leadership

• Own the planning, design, and execution of network refresh and modernization projects, including LAN/WAN upgrades, hardware replacements, and multi-site deployments.
• Ensure all technical solutions meet defined objectives, quality standards, and timelines.
• Lead formal change-control activities, evaluating scope modifications, assessing technical impacts, and maintaining alignment with governance requirements.

Design & Implementation

• Develop high-level and low-level network designs, migration plans, and implementation strategies.
• Configure and deploy routers, switches, analog voice gateways, UPS systems, and related hardware across client sites, including staging and testing.
• Perform network closet audits, document cabling and hardware, and identify remediation needs.
• Apply industry best practices for scalability, redundancy, high availability, and security.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Act as the primary technical point of contact for project communications.
• Serve as technical lead for project engineers and field personnel.
• Provide clear, timely updates on technical status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to strengthening team capabilities.

Risk & Quality Management

• Implement structured risk identification, assessment, and mitigation processes.
• Define, enforce, and validate quality standards for all technical deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Operational Support & Documentation

• Support endpoint testing, update as-built documentation, and produce final deliverable packages.
• Provide day-2 support to ensure network stability following deployments.
• Conduct knowledge transfer and finalize operational turnover documentation for client teams.

Required Qualifications

Certifications

• Required: CCNA and/or CCNP
• Preferred: CCIE, CWNA, CompTIA Network+
• Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or other enterprise vendors is a plus
• Strong preference: Experience with Cisco Catalyst Center

Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on network engineering experience, ideally with large-scale or multi-site environments.
• Demonstrated experience in network modernization, hardware refresh, and enterprise network projects.

Skills

• Strong technical governance and delivery leadership.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Deep understanding of networking standards and technologies.
• Proven ability to lead teams and coordinate complex deployments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously.
• Adaptability in fast-paced, evolving project environments.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required for deployments and milestones.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Regular use of computers, phones, and related office equipment.
• Specific vision requirements related to computer use.
• Regular, predictable attendance required, including occasional extended hours based on project timelines.
• Ability to work in confined areas such as network closets or data center spaces.
• Hybrid environment with required onsite presence based on project scope.
• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.
• Equal opportunity employer.

The position described above provides a summary of some the job duties required and what it would be like to work at Insight. For a comprehensive list of physical demands and work environment for this position, click here .

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

The position described above provides a summary of some the job duties required and what it would be like to work at Insight. For a comprehensive list of physical demands and work environment for this position, click here .

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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