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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Full Scope Polygraph
IT - Hardware
Fairfax, VA (On-Site/Office)
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location:
Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Certification Required: Security+ CE or Higher
Degree: BS in a technical discipline is highly preferred, not required
Experience Level: Senior-level candidates only (10+ years, not management)
Position Summary
Be part of a small but highly skilled senior-level networks team responsible for architecting, designing, installing, implementing, and maintaining a large, multi-agency, mission-essential network infrastructure with very strict security, fault tolerance, and latency requirements.
Areas of involvement include:
Most work is performed on-site at the customer location, with some domestic and overseas travel potentially required.
This position offers strong opportunities for leadership in your area of technical expertise, with additional supporting responsibilities across the team.
Technical Requirements
Location:
- FFX: TS/SCI (Ability to obtain CI Poly)
- Ft. Meade: TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Certification Required: Security+ CE or Higher
Degree: BS in a technical discipline is highly preferred, not required
Experience Level: Senior-level candidates only (10+ years, not management)
Position Summary
Be part of a small but highly skilled senior-level networks team responsible for architecting, designing, installing, implementing, and maintaining a large, multi-agency, mission-essential network infrastructure with very strict security, fault tolerance, and latency requirements.
Areas of involvement include:
- Rack level, data center, and transport layers
- Support across multiple programs sharing agency-level standards and requirements
- Complex technical challenges driven by evolving mission demands
Most work is performed on-site at the customer location, with some domestic and overseas travel potentially required.
This position offers strong opportunities for leadership in your area of technical expertise, with additional supporting responsibilities across the team.
Technical Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in:
- Network engineering, design, implementation, and maintenance
- Proficiency with Juniper (preferred) and/or Cisco networking devices
- Certifications in Juniper (preferred) and/or Cisco
- Proficiency with multiple network protocols, including:
- TCP/IP, IPv4, UDP (and multicast), TLS, VPLS, GRE
- Experience configuring, maintaining, or troubleshooting:
- Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
- EVPN: Ethernet over BGP/VXLAN or MPLS/VXLAN
- Multicast, STP, Virtual LANs, and Trunking (VLANs)
- LAN/WAN environments
- Network security controls: Firewalls, ACLs
- Security+ or CISSP certification
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within teams
- Juniper Certifications: JNCIA / JNCIS / JNCIP / JNCIE
- Cisco Certifications: CCNA / CCNP
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in technical teams
- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, etc.
- Experience with Linux and/or BSD networking and system administration
- Deep familiarity with Multicast protocols
- ( Please specify where, when, and how this experience was gained )
- Willingness to:
- Take engineering ownership and present network designs to internal/external stakeholders
- Travel domestically and internationally, as needed
- Prior experience supporting a very large, global network infrastructure
- Must have designed/built network environments, not just worked in a NOC monitoring role
- Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
- LAN/WAN Design & Implementation
- Firewalls & Network Security Infrastructure
- Multicast Networking
- Juniper-focused deployments (preferred)
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