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This is an opportunity to own meaningful engineering projects, expand your technical expertise, and make a real impact in a supportive environment that invests in your growth.\nRetail IT Network Engineer Perks\n$115,000-$130,000 base salary plus a 10% annual bonus\nRelocation allowance available for qualified candidates moving to Portland\nCompetitive benefits package, including health and wellness coverage\nWork alongside experienced, collaborative engineers who value knowledge-sharing and professional development\nHands-on engineering projects from day one, with opportunities for funded training and industry certifications\nRetail IT Network Engineer Requirements\n3+ years of multi-site network operations experience, with hands-on configuration and troubleshooting of firewalls, routing, switching, and VPNs\nStrong preference for hands-on enterprise experience with FortiGate and FortiManager; FortiSwitch, FortiNAC, and FortiAnalyzer experience is highly desirable\nExperience supporting a distributed network across multiple locations; experience with 20+ sites \nSolid understanding of firewall policy design, network segmentation, least-privilege access, and secure change management\nHands-on experience with hybrid cloud networking, including VPCs, VPNs, routing, and ideally AWS Transit Gateway. 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