Sr Network Engineer with Security Clearance

Location: This role is 100% onsite in Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI.
Travel: None
Employment Type: Full-Time (W-2 Only) About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled and dynamic Senior Network Engineer to join our team supporting a
Navy program. In this critical role, you will lead the design and upgrade efforts for the network
infrastructure of a large-scale enterprise IT program. Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and analyze the existing network architecture to recommend and implement

• modern WAN/MAN/LAN technologies.

• Propose and integrate best practices such as SDN, intent-based networking, and network

• segmentation protocols to meet evolving network requirements.

• Design telecommunications circuit specifications tailored to enterprise needs.

• Identify and recommend routers, switches, and encryption devices to optimize enterprise

• services.

• Develop automated provisioning for network configurations, delivering Infrastructure-as-

• Code solutions.

• Create and maintain detailed network architecture specifications and artifacts. Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's (or equivalent) with 5 - 7 years of experience, or a Master's and 3 -

• 5 years of experience.
Technical Expertise:

• Reviewing and analyzing the existing network architecture and provide designs

• of current/modern WAN/MAN/LAN technologies

• Recommending best practices such as SDN, Intent-based networking, and

• network segmentation protocols, etc., in order to improve the existing

• architecture and meet new networking requirements

• Designing telecommunications circuit specifications

• Identifying the need for routers, switches, and encryption devices to support

• enterprise services

• Delivering service catalog items for automatically provisioning network

• configurations to deliver Infrastructure-as -Code

• Developing and maintaining network architecture specifications and artifacts

• Cisco experience; proven expertise with Cisco network hardware including:

• routers, switches, firewalls, unified communications equipment

• VMware environments

• Virtual and physical Internet Protocol and Fiber Channel networks and routing

• protocols

• Designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting LAN, WAN and low bandwidth networks protected by network encryptors
Certifications:

• Required - Current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification (e.g., CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH).

• Preferred - Additional professional certifications Cisco, VMware, and/or ITIL are highly desirable.
Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.