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Lead LAN/WAN Engineer

McLean Intelligent Workforce

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Job Requirements

Reston, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph not specified
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
$180,000 - $195,000

Job Description

Job Title: Lead LAN/WAN Engineer​
Location: Reston, VA or Washington, DC

Overview​
On behalf of our client, a defense-focused organization, we are seeking a highly skilled Lead
LAN/WAN Engineer. This role provides expert design, analysis, research, and operational
support for exceptionally complex networking problems and processes in fast-paced, dynamic
environments. The successful candidate will be sought after for technical guidance and will work
closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure network reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

●​ Serve as a leader in local- and wide-area networking, providing advice and guidance to
peers and teams
●​ Act as a technical expert on established and ad-hoc project teams, offering direction,
interpretation, and alternatives for existing and new services to meet architectural and
operational needs
●​ Provide expertise in Information Systems Architecture, Telecommunications Systems
Design, Implementation, Integration, and Communications/Network Systems
Management
●​ Offer insight into cutting-edge technologies, integrations, and capabilities
●​ Consult with engineers, team leads, and customer stakeholders on requirements and
technical direction
●​ Apply deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba,
Ruckus, Versa, NOM, NetScout, and other network components or
monitoring/management tools
●​ Provide expertise in BGP, OSPF, Tunnels (GRE, SudeoWire, VPN, L2TP), Spine and
Leaf architectures, and BGP Peering

Qualifications

●​ IAT II certification (or industry equivalent)
●​ CCNP or CCIE certification (or industry equivalent)
●​ TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain a CI poly
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