Job Requirements
Remote Arlington, VA
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$125,000 - $180,000
Job Description
Company Overview
At ValidaTek, we modernize and optimize IT services to solve some of the most critical challenges facing federal civilian and defense agencies. From customers to partners to top-talent employees, ValidaTek puts people first, empowering them to exceed expectations and transform government organizations. Our success starts and ends with our people, so we built a company where great people can do great things, with the resources and autonomy to make decisions that transform organizations. We operate as one team of diverse people, united by a passion for continuous growth and optimization. Our commitment to quality and performance optimization is the reason why our IT Service Projects and New Development Projects have been appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 5, positioning us as one of a handful of elite companies to receive the highest form of third-party validation. www.validatek.com
Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in implementing and maintaining complex network infrastructures. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the high availability, security, and performance of the network infrastructure.
This role is hybrid: Two days on-site, three days remote.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Salary Disclosure
Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location, contract affordability, internal equity, education, and certifications. The upper end of the salary range may be reserved for individuals who have demonstrated tenure with the company, seniority, and proven excellent performance. This includes factors such as education, certifications, and extensive/unique experience beyond what is required.
EEO Statement
ValidaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants who are selected for employment will be required to verify authorization to work in the United States. Offers of employment will be contingent upon passing a post-offer background check.
At ValidaTek, we modernize and optimize IT services to solve some of the most critical challenges facing federal civilian and defense agencies. From customers to partners to top-talent employees, ValidaTek puts people first, empowering them to exceed expectations and transform government organizations. Our success starts and ends with our people, so we built a company where great people can do great things, with the resources and autonomy to make decisions that transform organizations. We operate as one team of diverse people, united by a passion for continuous growth and optimization. Our commitment to quality and performance optimization is the reason why our IT Service Projects and New Development Projects have been appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 5, positioning us as one of a handful of elite companies to receive the highest form of third-party validation. www.validatek.com
Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in implementing and maintaining complex network infrastructures. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the high availability, security, and performance of the network infrastructure.
This role is hybrid: Two days on-site, three days remote.
Responsibilities:
- Network and Wireless Engineering: Configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise wired and wireless network infrastructure, including Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Meraki, Aruba, switches, routers, controllers, firewalls, and access points.
- Network Security and Access Control: Configure and support secure network access using Cisco ISE and Aruba ClearPass, including 802.1X authentication, guest access, bring your own device, device profiling, segmentation, and role based access policies.
- Operations, Automation, and Lifecycle Support: Use network management platforms such as Cisco Catalyst Center and Aruba Central to manage configurations, monitor performance and compliance, support upgrades, maintain documentation, and assist with infrastructure refresh and capacity planning.
- Troubleshooting and Technical Support: Serve as a senior escalation resource for complex wired and wireless network issues. Perform packet capture analysis, RF troubleshooting, site surveys, and root cause analysis to resolve connectivity, performance, routing, switching, roaming, and client access issues.
- IPv6 Architecture & Design: Guide the strategic evolution of the organization's network from legacy IPv4 to a modern, scalable IPv6 infrastructure. This role encompasses performing comprehensive readiness assessments of existing hardware and software, designing seamless IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack environments, developing allocation strategies for the new IPv6 addressing scheme, and drafting high-level technical documentation.
- Design and implement complex network infrastructures that are scalable and meet the needs of the organization
- Plan, configure and troubleshoot routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices
- Manage and maintain network infrastructure security, including firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems
- Monitor network performance, identify and troubleshoot network issues, and implement corrective measures
- Develop and maintain network documentation, diagrams, and policies
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective network integration with other IT systems and applications
- Stay current with emerging networking technologies and provide recommendations for the adoption of new technologies that can improve network performance and security.
- Serve as the knowledge expert for experience installing, configuring, and administering CISCO, Stratix, Juniper and/or Aruba devices to include but not limited to: Routers, Switches, and/or Firewalls.
Qualifications:
- Active DoD Secret clearance required at a minimum; must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
- Eight (8) or more years of network engineering experience, preferably supporting DoD, federal, or large enterprise environments.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Telecommunications, Management Information Systems, or a related technical field; or ten (10) years of documented, directly relevant network engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
- Must meet applicable DoD IAT Level II or position-specific cybersecurity workforce qualification requirements.
- CompTIA Security+ CE certification is required and must be maintained throughout employment.
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Juniper Networks Certified Associate-Junos (JNCIA-Junos) certifications are required at a minimum and must be maintained throughout employment.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise and Juniper Networks Certified Specialist-Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIS-ENT) or Juniper Networks Certified Professional-Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIP-ENT) certifications are highly preferred.
- Demonstrated senior-level knowledge of TCP/IP network design, implementation, sustainment, and troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Local Area Networks (LANs), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), routing, switching, subnetting, network segmentation, and secure connectivity requirements.
- Demonstrated experience designing, configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and sustaining Cisco and Juniper enterprise network infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience with network monitoring, alerting, performance analysis, fault isolation, capacity management, and network availability reporting.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining network-device configurations, configuration baselines, firmware versions, backups, network diagrams, standard operating procedures, and technical troubleshooting documentation.
- Experience automating network administration, monitoring, configuration, and reporting tasks through scripting, including PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent tools.
- Experience implementing and maintaining applicable DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), patches, firmware, and vulnerability remediation for routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, and network-management systems.
- Experience using the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) to identify, track, and support remediation of vulnerabilities affecting network infrastructure.
- Experience providing network engineering artifacts and technical support for DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities, including network diagrams, configuration baselines, ports-and-protocols information, vulnerability-remediation evidence, and security-control implementation documentation.
- Experience supporting VMware virtual-networking requirements, including virtual switches, distributed virtual switches, port groups, VLAN assignments, uplink configuration, and virtual-machine network connectivity, is preferred.
- Experience supporting Storage Area Network (SAN) connectivity, including Fibre Channel or iSCSI switching, zoning, VLAN configuration, multipathing coordination, and storage-network troubleshooting, is preferred.
- Working knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, WSUS, MCM/SCCM, and enterprise monitoring tools sufficient to troubleshoot network dependencies and coordinate resolution with systems-administration teams is preferred.
- Demonstrated senior-level knowledge of TCP/IP network design, implementation, sustainment, and troubleshooting, including IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, routing, subnetting, and transition considerations.
Salary Disclosure
Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location, contract affordability, internal equity, education, and certifications. The upper end of the salary range may be reserved for individuals who have demonstrated tenure with the company, seniority, and proven excellent performance. This includes factors such as education, certifications, and extensive/unique experience beyond what is required.
EEO Statement
ValidaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants who are selected for employment will be required to verify authorization to work in the United States. Offers of employment will be contingent upon passing a post-offer background check.
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