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As a Lead Network Engineer, you will serve as the subject matter expert in network engineering design, testing, and deployment. You will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the CISA Wide Area Network, Local Area Network, Enterprise Network Tools, Domain Name Servers, Wireless, and Cloud environments. Your daily work involves designing and implementing enterprise infrastructure while providing high-level technical assistance to team members and government personnel regarding system requests and solution identification. The role requires expertise in software defined networks, identity and access management, mobility, imaging, collaboration capabilities, cloud hosting, and communication services. You will specifically engineer secure connectivity to commercial, private, and hybrid cloud services. Required skills include experience with federal architecture policies and the ability to manage complex networking environments within a highly classified environment involving specialized infrastructure components.
Serve as the subject matter expert in network engineering design, testing, and deployment.
Engineer, design, test, and implement enterprise network infrastructure and technologies.
Maintain the design and integrity of WAN, LAN, DNS, Wireless, and Cloud environments.
Provide high-level technical assistance and solution identification for complex networking requests.
Manage software-defined networks, identity and access management, and mobility solutions.
Engineer and implement secure connectivity to commercial, private, and hybrid cloud services.
Configure and manage enterprise network tools and communication services.
What we're looking for
Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or information systems.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in network engineering and design.
15 years of experience in IT architecture and engineering if a bachelor's degree is not held.
Experience installing, configuring, and managing software defined networks, identity management, mobility, imaging, and cloud hosting.
Experience designing and implementing secure network connectivity to commercial, private, and hybrid cloud services.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Experience supporting DHS, CISA, or other highly classified Federal environments (preferred); experience with DHS Enterprise Architecture policies (preferred).
LAN
CAN
WAN
Telecommunications
Firewall
Traffic Shaping
VoIP
GRE
IPSec
IP Encryption
MoIP
NAT
Data Capture
ISO 9000
Security Engineering
Cryptographic Key Management