Enterprise Network Engineer
Red River
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: College Park • District of Columbia • Maryland • United States
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About the role
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure with a focus on Cisco routing and switching platforms.
- Support data center networking initiatives including opportunities to learn and advance into Cisco ACI architectures.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize network performance across LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data center environments.
- Implement and maintain network security controls such as firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, ACLs, and identity-based policies.
- Assist with the development of standardized configurations, network templates, and deployment methodologies to ensure consistency and scalability.
- Collaborate with systems, security, and operations teams to integrate networking solutions in a cohesive enterprise environment.
- Participate in network incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration activities.
- Maintain documentation for network designs, diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures.
- Stay current with emerging Cisco technologies and industry best practices, especially in data center and SDN domains.
- Support compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, and security frameworks, including those relevant to Navy and DoD environments.
Requirements
- Must have an active DoW Secret Clearance.
- 8 or more years of hands-on experience as a network engineer in an enterprise environment.
- Strong proficiency with Cisco routing and switching technologies including Catalyst, Nexus, IOS, and IOS XE.
- Solid understanding of core networking concepts such as TCP IP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, Inter-VRF routing, multicast, and network segmentation.
- Experience supporting enterprise firewalls, VPN technologies, and identity-driven network security solutions.
- Familiarity with data center networking concepts and environments.
- Strong troubleshooting skills including packet analysis and performance diagnostics.
- Experience developing or maintaining network configuration templates.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across diverse technical teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Cisco certifications such as CCNP Enterprise or equivalent experience preferred.
- Exposure to or strong interest in Cisco ACI, software defined networking, and modern data center fabric designs preferred.
- Experience with Cisco ISE or other NAC solutions preferred.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud or virtualized environments such as VMware or Hyper V preferred.
- Familiarity with automation tools including Ansible or Python preferred.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust networking principles preferred.
- Experience supporting Navy, DoD, or regulated environments preferred.
Benefits
- excellent benefits
- exceptional work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Cisco routingCisco switchingCatalystNexusIOSIOS XETCP IPOSPFSTPVLANs
Soft Skills
troubleshootingcommunicationcollaborationindependenceroot cause analysisperformance diagnosticsdocumentationstandardizationscalabilityincident response
Certifications
DoW Secret ClearanceCCNP Enterprise