Network Engineer
Charles River AssociatesBoston, Massachusetts
Full Time
Posted October 30, 2025
$130k - $138k
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Job Description
The Network Engineer at CRA is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network systems, ensuring security and performance across global offices, and collaborating with IT teams to support the company's infrastructure and growth initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, install, test, and maintain network infrastructure
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve network issues
- Develop, implement, and maintain network policies, procedures, and training plans
- Monitor and test network performance, providing performance statistics and reports
- Coordinate with vendors and internal teams for network hardware installation and upgrades
- Ensure network equipment is kept up to date and secure
- Maintain network documentation, records, and inventories
- Perform network upgrades with minimal downtime
- Research and evaluate emerging network and communication technologies
Requirements
- A 4-year degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- Certifications including CCNA and CCNP are highly desired.
- Certifications including AWS Cloud Practitioner and Azure fundamentals are desired.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the secure operations of LAN, WAN, and campus environments.
- Experience with the planning, design, implementation, and troubleshooting of network systems, including configurations supporting troubleshooting network issues.
- Experience in designing, installing, testing, and maintaining network infrastructure.
- Ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve network issues.
- Ability to document all implementations and changes, maintain records and inventories.
- Experience carrying out upgrades with minimal downtime.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining policies, procedures, and training plans for network resource administration, appropriate use, and disaster recovery.
- Knowledge of ensuring network equipment is kept up to date and secure.
- Experience monitoring and testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
- Proficiency with major network platforms, LAN, WAN, and wireless devices, especially Cisco equipment.
- Proficiency with fundamental network protocols and technologies including Spanning Tree, DNS, OSPF, HSRP, LACP, SNMP, NTP, IPsec VPN, and QoS.
- Experience with firewall policy creation and processing.
- Experience maintaining and updating network documentation using Microsoft Visio.
- Ability to propose and communicate new innovations on existing network topology to enhance performance.
- Familiarity with ITIL change management framework and adherence, including determining risk assessment prior to change implementation.
- Experience working with Cisco Nexus datacenter switches, Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ISE, 802.1X, HPE SD-WAN, Kemp Load Balancers, Cisco Umbrella (preferred).
- Fundamental knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, and Azure (desired).
- Experience working with SNMP solutions such as Whats Up Gold, SolarWinds, or PRTG.
- Core understanding of PKI and 802.1X fundamentals.
- Practical experience working with domain registration, certificates, and DNS.
- Ability to perform work off-hours in an approved maintenance window.
- Willingness and ability to travel to other CRA offices and execute project plans with minimal oversight.
- Strong ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Effective collaboration skills in customer-facing scenarios and cross-functional technical teams.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $130,000 - $137,500 with potential for bonus incentive compensation
Work location flexibility with at least 3 to 4 days per week in the office
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Life and disability insurance
Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holidays, and paid parental leave
Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
Commuter benefits
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