Lead Network Engineer

Lead Network Engineer Cleveland, OH Salary: Up to $125K, commensurate with experience We're seeking a Lead Network Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority within our Service Delivery team. This is the "go-to" role for our most complex challenges — the person who owns the hardest escalations, architects infrastructure across our client base, and raises the bar for the engineers around them. You are a networking expert first, with deep command of Windows Server, virtualization, and cloud technologies to match. You lead escalations, drive infrastructure projects from design through delivery, and mentor junior engineers. This role rewards elite troubleshooting, technical ownership, and the persistence to see difficult problems through to a clean resolution. What Success Looks Like Technical Excellence: Complex network and infrastructure issues are resolved efficiently and completely. Project Leadership: Infrastructure projects are scoped, planned, and executed with precision. Team Growth: Junior engineers level up through your mentorship and guidance. Client Stability: Client environments grow more stable, secure, and thoroughly documented over time. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Escalation Act as the primary escalation point for the team's most complex network and systems issues. Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis across network, server, and virtualization environments. Take full ownership of critical incidents through to resolution. Set technical standards and mentor junior engineers to strengthen the team's overall capability. Networking & Connectivity Architect, deploy, and support firewall and switching platforms including Sonic Wall, Cisco Meraki, and Ubiquiti. Resolve complex routing, switching, VPN, and connectivity issues across diverse client networks. Own network design decisions for new deployments and client migrations. Systems & Infrastructure Engineering Design, implement, and support Windows Server environments across a varied client base. Manage virtualization platforms including Hyper-V and VMware. Support Microsoft 365 cloud services and integrations. Project Engineering & Telephony Lead infrastructure projects — server deployments, migrations, and cloud integrations — from planning to handoff. Partner with vendors and manufacturers to deliver tailored solutions. Deploy and support VoIP systems (3CX, Switchvox, Netsapiens, and Microsoft Teams Phone).