Network Engineer

Post Date

Apr 07, 2026

Location

Kansas City,
Missouri

ZIP/Postal Code

64105
US
Jul 05, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Network Engineer

Req #

KCM-91c4df5b-9bfd-46c8-aff7-9a611ae61346

Pay Rate

$52 - $65 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a highly experienced Network Engineer to work onsite 5 days a week for one of our client's in the Kansas City area. This person will be responsible for helping to design, implement, and maintain the network's infrastructure across various environments. The main environments that this person will be supporting include the cloud, on prem environments, as well as data centers. This person will help to create new network diagrams, standards, and provide technical documentation when doing so. This role will also involve troubleshooting of network issues and will be providing tier 2 and 3 support. This person should be up to all security and compliances standards and best practices, able to work with the security team on vulnerability and compliance requirements.

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Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a network engineer
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls and understands policy configuration, security profiles, VPN's, etc
• Experience with both Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches
• Understands the design, deployment, and monitoring aspects of Meraki Wireless
• Experienced with networking protocols (TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, DNS, and DHCP)
• Able to troubleshoot layers 2-7 network issues
• Cloud networking experience with Azure

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• SD-WAN experience
• Certifications: CCNA CCNP, PCNSE, or other
• Python, PowerShell, or Ansible scripting experience

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.