Senior Network Engineer (Remote)

Crum & Forster Company Overview

Crum & Forster (C&F), with a proud history dating to 1822, provides specialty and standard commercial lines insurance products through our admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent) by AM Best and is proud of our superior customer service platform. Our claims and risk engineering services are recognized as among the best in the industry.

Our most valuable asset is our people: more than 2500 employees in locations throughout the United States. The company is increasingly winning recognition as a great place to work, earning several workplace and wellness awards, including the 2025 Great Place to Work® Award for our employee-first focus and our steadfast commitment to diversity, equity and Inclusion.

C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, a global, billion dollar organization.  For more information about Crum & Forster, please visit our website: www.cfins.com.

Job Description

Sr. Network Engineer

We seek a highly motivated and experienced Sr. Network engineer to be responsible for designing technical solutions and coordinating with the team to ensure timely and accurate implementation. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who will work on designing, implementing, and maintaining the network.  This role will provide Tier III support to Crum and Forster and its affiliates. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of wide ranging technologies and networking concepts for both on-prem and cloud networks. Engineer must provide scalable, reliable, and secure network solutions.

What you will do:

• Design, deploy and manage on-prem and cloud network infrastructure including load balancers, firewalls, routers, and switches.
• Support the day-to-day network operations of a dynamic nationwide (~25 site) WAN, respond to alerts, perform proactive maintenance
• Identify and recommend new network technologies and architectures to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Assist in monitoring network performance and troubleshooting issues, including latency, connectivity, and bandwidth utilization.
• Present technical concepts and maintain technical documentation
• Work with customers, management and other technical teams to resolve customer issues, outages and tickets
• Maintains a security minded approach to all network configurations and implementations
• Respond to required after-hours work as needed and participate in after-hours on-call responsibilities – which is now scheduled for a week at a time.
• Implement and maintain network security policies and procedures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our on-prem and cloud network infrastructure

What you will bring to C&F:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with 6+ years of experience
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and services such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF, and SD-WAN.
• Strong documentation skills are a must.
• Background with Cisco, Aruba & Palo Alto Networks is preferred for our on-prem networks.
• Strong Understanding of cloud networking technologies such as AWS VPC, Azure Vnet, Equinix Fabric, VPN, Direct Connect, Load Balancers, and CDN
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Network Security, including the design, configuration, and tuning of Cisco security appliances & Cisco ISE.
• Experience with packet analyzers and root cause determination of networking issues.
• Industry certifications (e.g. CCNP, CCDP, and/or CCIE) are strongly desired.
• Skills in using Visio, other network documentation and discovery software.
• Network monitoring with tools like SolarWinds.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

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What C&F will bring to you

• Competitive compensation package
• Generous 401K employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• A core C&F tenet is owning your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path
• A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment
• We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee-driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community

At C&F you will BELONG

If you require special accommodations, please let us know. We value inclusivity and diversity. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and welcome everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require special accommodations, please let us know

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Crum & Forster is committed to ensuring a workplace free from discriminatory pay disparities and complying with applicable pay equity laws.  Salary ranges are available for all positions at this location, taking into account roles with a comparable level of responsibility and impact in the relevant labor market and these salary ranges are regularly reviewed and adjusted in accordance with prevailing market conditions. The annualized base pay for the advertised position, located in the specified area, ranges from a minimum of $91,400 to a maximum of $145,000. The actual compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to the market pay for the jobs at each level, the responsibilities and skills required for each job, and the employee’s contribution (performance) in that role. To be considered within market range, a salary is at or above the minimum of the range. You may also have the opportunity to participate in discretionary equity (stock) based compensation and/or performance-based variable pay programs.