Network Engineer III
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The Network Engineer III is a senior technical contributor responsible for engineering, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise infrastructure. The role designs and implements network solutions across corporate offices, data centers, and cloud environments, and serves as the highest level of engineering escalation. It partners with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams to support business operations and technology initiatives.
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Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship
This position is for full-time, onsite employment at the Family Dollar Chesapeake Store Support Center
General Summary:
Network Engineer III is a senior technical contributor responsible for the engineering, operations, and advanced troubleshooting of the company’s enterprise infrastructure. This individual serves as the highest level of engineering escalation and plays a key role in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available network solutions across corporate offices, data centers, and cloud environments. The Network Engineer III partners closely with infrastructure, security, and cloud teams to support business operations and technology initiatives.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
Network Engineering
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Design and implement enterprise network solutions across LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and data center environments
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Develop scalable architectures to support high availability, performance, and resiliency
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Lead the deployment of routing, switching, and network security technologies
Advanced Troubleshooting
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Serve as Tier 3 escalation for complex network incidents and outages
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Perform deep packet and flow analysis and root cause investigations
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Resolve issues related to routing, latency, connectivity, and network performance
Network Operations Support
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Support operational teams with complex network troubleshooting
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Participate in major incident response and post-incident reviews
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Assist with capacity planning and performance optimization
Infrastructure Modernization
- Lead upgrades and modernization projects such as:
o SD-WAN deployments
o Network segmentation initiatives
o Cloud network integration
o Data center network upgrades
Documentation & Standards
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Maintain architecture diagrams and technical documentation
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Establish configuration standards and best practices
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Support change management and operational procedures
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with:
o Security teams on segmentation, compliance, and risk management
o Cloud teams on hybrid and multi-cloud networking
o Application teams to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Governance & Standards
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Maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and runbooks
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Participate in governance forums (CAB, architecture review boards)
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve:
o Network resiliency and performance
o Operational simplicity and automation
- Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs) and pilot programs
Position Requirements:
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
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7+ years of experience in network engineering
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Hands-on experience with:
o Routing & switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS)
o Data center networking (leaf-spine, EVPN/VXLAN)
o WAN / SD-WAN architectures
o Network security, segmentation, and firewalls
- Hands-on experience with:
o Cisco (ACI), Aruba
o Fortinet / Palo Alto
o F5 (load balancing)
o Infoblox (DNS/DHCP/IPAM)
- Experience designing large-scale, multi-site or retail networks
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications such as (any of the following):
o Cisco professional certifications
o Palo Alto professional certifications
o Fortinet professional certifications
o Aruba professional certifications
o F5 professional certifications
Family Dollar is an equal opportunity employer and committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and makes all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We are committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Full time
510 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320
IT Engineering
Family Dollar
How this job compares
Set against the 4,081 open Network Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$120–182K/yr312 salary ranges
- Virginia median$30–54/hr26 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 389 open Network Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,081 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amazon37 open
- General Dynamics Information Technology27 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Network Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,527 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,204 of the 4,081 open Network Engineer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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