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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Network Engineer in Van Alstyne - **Company:** Energy Jobline - **Location:** Van Alstyne, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Data Centers, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Firmware, Networking Hardware, Intrusion Detection Systems, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Security, Network Monitoring, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Zero Trust Network Access, Salesforce.Com, SAP Sales and Distribution, TCP/IP, Virtual Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Fortinet - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/senior-network-engineer-van-alstyne-31450522 ## About the Role Titles vary from company to company, so demonstrated work counts for more than what the last position was called. Senior engineers, engineers, and senior administrators who have designed, built, and fixed production networks without a script are all worth a conversation. Experience that mostly consists of following procedures someone else wrote is not a fit for this job. * Hands-on FortiGate across multiple production environments, including HA pairs, where the design and changes were yours * Fundamentals solid enough to troubleshoot from first principles: TCP/IP, routing (BGP/OSPF), switching/VLANs, VPN, DNS, DHCP * A record of writing network or security standards and policies, not only working within them * Centralized firewall management; FortiManager strongly * Deployment or substantial tuning of a network monitoring platform * Experience working with a SOC, MSSP, or security monitoring partner * Datacenter experience under formal change management Certifications: NSE, FCP, or FCSS is a plus, and the company pays for more of them. Production work counts for more than any certificate. : * MSP experience * FortiSASE, ZTNA, FortiEMS, or SD-WAN deployments * Auvik; ISP carrier management; Azure networking ## Description IPRO MSP is adding a senior network engineer to our team to build, manage, and maintain network and security infrastructure for our managed services clients and colocation datacenters. The environment is Fortinet: FortiGate firewalls with HA pairs and SD-WAN, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP, with FortiSASE, FortiEMS, and ZTNA expanding. The position is also our technical point of contact with a third-party SOC. This position handles most moves, adds, and changes, and builds out the programs behind them: centralized firewall management, monitoring, lifecycle policy, and documentation. The MSP Manager is a network engineer by background and works the substantial projects alongside this position; day-to-day decisions sit with the engineer. Staff engineers and admins cover routine break/fix. This is a hands-on engineering position. More about IPRO at teamipro.com. First 90 Days A plan and visible movement are expected; completion is not: * Audit Fortinet deployments across clients and colos * Begin a phased FortiManager rollout * Expand Auvik coverage, alerting, and dashboards * Draft the network equipment lifecycle policy * Map ISP circuit monitoring and begin SOC alert tuning Responsibilities Network and security operations: * FortiGate firewalls across clients and colos: configuration, policy, HA pairs, SD-WAN, IPS/IDS * FortiSwitch and FortiAP; VPN, segmentation, and wireless * FortiSASE, ZTNA, and FortiEMS administration where deployed * Escalated network and security issues; project work with TAMs and sales engineers Colocation datacenters: * Higher-end Fortinet platforms under redundancy and formal change management; maintenance windows planned and executed with rollback SOC partnership: * Technical liaison to a Fortinet-specialized SOC; implementations on our side (log forwarding, onboarding) and ongoing alert tuning * Investigation and remediation of findings; decision authority on escalated events Programs and build-out: * New client onboarding: review existing configurations (often non-Fortinet), assess, and provision replacement gear * FortiManager deployment; Auvik expansion with ticketing integration * Lifecycle policy: firmware, config backups, patch cadence, change management * ISP circuit monitoring, carrier escalation, and uptime reporting * Documentation in IT Glue; repeatable standards Environment Core: FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, SD-WAN. Supporting systems: Auvik, NinjaRMM, IT Glue, Salesforce. FortiSASE, FortiEMS, and ZTNA are expanding. Client onboarding regularly involves other vendors' equipment; a senior engineer is expected to assess, support, and replace whatever is in the rack., * Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Central, based in Van Alstyne, TX; most weeks hold to it * Time is logged in tickets, as at any MSP; the job is measured on work completed, not minutes at a desk * Maintenance windows and occasional incidents happen after hours; after-hours time is taken back as comp time * No standing on-call rotation; after-hours security escalations are rare, and handling them is part of the job * Hybrid is set by the work: staging and buildouts require being on site with the gear - racking, cabling, console access; monitoring, tuning, and administrative work can be done remotely * Occasional client site visits and colo trips ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Back to CODE100](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1909-wearedevelopers-live-back-to-code100) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [A Technical Introduction to Bitcoin's 2nd Layer- The Lightning Network](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/15-a-technical-introduction-to-bitcoin-s-2nd-layer-the-lightning-network) - [In-depth .NET Azure Functions: Isolated mode, performance and durable AI agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100207-in-depth-net-azure-functions-isolated-mode-performance-and-durable-ai-agents) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best Companies in the Netherlands: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/193-best-companies-in-the-netherlands-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Software Developer Salary in The Netherlands [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/217-software-developer-salary-in-the-netherlands-2023)