
Senior Network Engineer
Computer World Services
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Springfield • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Provide Tier‑3/Tier‑4 engineering expertise for design, implementation, troubleshooting, and optimization of the HSEN WAN and HQ LAN‑A infrastructure, ensuring ≥ 99.5 % availability for critical services.
- Support configuration management, change control, security patching, and incident response across routers, switches, firewalls, VPN/DMVPN/SD‑WAN, wireless, and cloud network components.
- Design, build, and maintain a cloud infrastructure with a focus on network security that supports the organization's technology and business needs.
- Architect scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Collaborate closely with other IT teams, stakeholders, and third-party vendors to deliver cloud-based infrastructure and services.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Information Technology, Network Engineering, or related field.
- 15 + years progressive network engineering in large enterprise WAN/LANs.
- Experience using various platforms such as SharePoint, JIRA, and Confluence for project management.
- 10 + years supporting DHS WAN/LAN environments (preferred).
- Experience with DHS cloud networking and automation (Infrastructure as Code) (preferred).
- Experience leading network modernization projects for DHS (preferred).
- Active CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure or Security) certification required.
- U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain DHS Public Trust / Full‑Scope BI.
Benefits
- Core hours 09:00 – 17:00 ET; on‑call rotation for after‑hours maintenance.
- Ability to rack/stack equipment up to 40 lbs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
network engineeringcloud infrastructure designnetwork securityWAN optimizationLAN optimizationcloud solutions architectureInfrastructure as Codeincident responseconfiguration managementchange control
Soft Skills
collaborationstakeholder engagementproject management
Certifications
CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure)CCIE (Security)