Implementation Engineer, Network Engineer II – Government

AT&T

Network Implementation Engineer supporting government customer’s global enterprise networks with expertise in network operations and engineering. Interpret requirements and provide innovative solutions in a structured environment.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeChantilly • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $89,200 - $194,788 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Switching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery.
Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents.
Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution.
Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies.
Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services.
Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively.
Escalation point for incident management enterprise level outages which involves troubleshooting across multiple enterprise segments and teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master’s and 4 years, bachelor’s and 6 years, associates and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years.
Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port-channels.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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Hard Skills & Tools

network engineeringnetwork designnetwork implementationrouting protocolsOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)switching protocolsVirtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)802.1qport-channels

Soft Skills

problem solvingtechnical expertisesupervisioncoordinationcommunication

Certifications

DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2