Network Engineer

Description

This is a senior position within the Vanguard 2025 contract providing network engineering team within engineering office, providing network engineering expertise over a Global LAN/WAN enterprise. The well qualified candidate will possess and apply comprehensive knowledge regarding the engineering and implementation of network transport solutions. The candidate must be capable of planning and leading the testing, implementation, and maintenance of networking (LAN/WAN) technologies and devices. The candidate must be capable of evaluating performance results, performing risk assessments, and recommending changes affecting network transport configuration/implementation. The position directly supports DoS on-site and hybrid work schedule to provide network engineering services to over 80,000 customers globally.

This role is hybrid and will require at least 2-3 days per week onsite in the office.

Responsibilities include:

• Works directly with the DoS customer to build, design, test and deploy enterprise network transport solutions utilizing Cisco routers/switches.
• Develop and deploy network engineering solutions in compliance with Enterprise Architecture standards.
• Collaborate with technical SMEs on enterprise-wide solutions, participate in technical working groups, and contribute to technical advisory boards.
• Participate in peer review of network configuration change requests prior to deployment.
• Implementation of configuration changes.
• Service Requests: monitor, resolve, update and close service request tickets.
• Documenting network infrastructure components, drawings.
• Assist in developing and documenting procedures and processes.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/computer engineering related discipline and 14+ years IT security/network engineering support experience (Engineering, network infrastructure implementation and maintenance).
• Solid understanding and analysis of network flows and OSI model.
• Experience implementing large enterprise/global network solutions.
• Expert experience in BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, GRE, DMVPN, IPSEC, MACSEC, Multicast, Unicast.
• Expert experience with Cisco network platforms: routers, switches, VPN concentrators, network management (ISR/ASR/Nexus).
• Expert knowledge of TCP/IP networking.
• Experience working directly with Government customer.
• Technical writing and documentation/diagram skills (MS Visio/MS Word/MS Excel).

Required Clearance:

• US Citizenship.
• Active secret clearance with the ability to obtain top secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional - CCNP .
• Experience with SD-WAN technologies desirable .
• Experience with Cloud technologies, Microsoft Azure/Amazon Web Services desirable.
• Familiar with network monitoring tools (NeuralStar, HPNA, SolarWinds, Cisco Prime) .