Network Engineer

Agile Defense • Ashburn, VA

11d • $90,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Serve as a Network Engineer enabling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission and enterprise network infrastructure. The applicant will be responsible for engineering, installing, maintaining, configuring, and troubleshooting wide-area networks (WAN), local-area networks (LAN), Virtual Private Networks, wireless networks (WLAN), and perimeter security controls in accordance with customer standards and mandates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (e.g., Information Technology, Networking and Telecommunications) with 5+ years of experience performing network engineering or 8+ years of network engineering experience without a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of verifiable network engineering experience supporting a large, complex Federal agency.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VPNs and VLANs.
• Expertise and experience with Cisco technology and Firewall technologies.
• Ability to successfully receive a DHS Customs and Border Protection background check (CBP BI), Public Trust

Nice To Haves

• Intermediate skills in 3 or more of the following: Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco Hyperflex, Cisco StealthWatch, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, Palo Alto Firewalls
• Willing to be cross trained in the above technologies
• Previous CBP BI within the past 4 years highly desired.
• Active Industry certifications, such as CCNA, CCNP (routing and switching), and/or JNCIP are desired.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and support enterprise-grade switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, adhere to logging baselines and load balancers across DHS operational environments.
• Provide Tier 2/Tier 3 escalation support for network outages, circuit degradations, and performance issues; conduct root cause analyses (RCA) and coordinate vendor support.
• Support the planning, installation, and cutover of network hardware upgrades, SD-WAN transitions, cloud interconnects (AWS/Azure/GCP), remote field sites and infrastructure modernization.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams (Visio), topology maps, inventory databases, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and change control tickets (ServiceNow/Remedy).
• Support 24/7/365 on-call rotation readiness to respond to Tier 2/3 critical network incidents within SLA limits, driving root cause identification and coordinating cross-functional escalation pathways.
• Partner with program and project managers to align network engineering deliverables, milestone schedules, and resource planning with enterprise project objectives.
• Ability to travel within the United States either on short notice or scheduled, up to 35% of the time.
• Critical and Problem solving skills, ability to work independently.

Benefits

• Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental.
• Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together.
• Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level