Design and Engineering Site Lead

By Light Professional IT Services

Design and Engineering Site Lead at By Light, providing IT services for the US Army. Overseeing network design, documentation, and compliance with Army engineering processes.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop engineering assessments of different configurations including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to customer standards, and for progress in accordance with schedules.
Coordinate with the Project and/or Program Manager to ensure problem solution and user satisfaction and with the Lead Engineer on network architecture and design decisions.
Make recommendations, if needed, for approval of major systems installations, prepares milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations on the system concept to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives.
Adhere to U.S. Army engineering processes during the development of all submissions; identify additional processes and documentation formats as necessary, submit site specific reports and drawings to Government for review and approval and adhere to the Government’s established process for reviewing, updating, approving, and disseminating Design and Engineering documents.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of experience in a similar role.
Cisco CCNA certification
Technical knowledge, skills and experience in network design upgrades, development of configurations and cutover plans, staging and pre-configuration, execution of the cutover plans, and documentation and system testing.
Experienced and familiar with the design and configuration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks including spanning tree, software defined networking, VLANs, Virtual Network Identifiers (VNI)s, VXLANS, VRFs, Hostnames, OEM equipment from CISCO.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with team members of different abilities, backgrounds, and skillsets.
Proven ability of delivering products on time or ahead of schedule.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
Wellness Program
401(k) Matching
Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
Employee Assistance Program
Life Insurance
Education & Training
Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, and Military Leave)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Network DesignConfiguration DevelopmentCutover Plans ExecutionStaging and Pre-ConfigurationSpanning TreeSoftware Defined NetworkingVLANsVirtual Network Identifiers (VNI)VXLANSVRFs

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaborative TeamworkProblem-Solving

Certifications

Cisco CCNA