Network Engineer

Swift•Tysons, VA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Swift is seeking a Network Engineer in Tysons Corner, Virginia, to design technical solutions for complex challenges and provide technical oversight throughout project execution. The role involves interpreting requirements, mapping them to technical components, and establishing processes for successful implementation. The engineer ensures solutions follow industry best practices, emphasize security, and minimize total cost of ownership. The position also assesses customer IT infrastructure needs and develops solutions involving capacity planning, system configuration and tuning, backup monitoring, and hardware and software installations. The Network Engineer manages network installation and engineering tasks, plans network architectures, analyzes voice, video, and data communications networks, and maintains the security posture of the network environment. The role includes security audits, system health assessments, technical documentation, broader system planning, and Tier I–III technical support. The position is onsite in Tysons Corner, VA.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of related Network Engineering experience.
More than 10 years of experience deploying and managing Cisco, Palo Alto, and Juniper firewall manager servers.
Extensive experience designing, engineering, and deploying multi-firewall solutions.
Experience deploying firewalls in multicast network environments.
Strong understanding of allowing voice and video traffic across port-based firewalls and NGFW platforms.
8+ years configuring and maintaining Cisco ASA and Next-Generation Firewalls.
Experience with IPsec site-to-site VPNs utilizing PKI (CA).
Experience deploying and supporting Remote Access VPN solutions.
7+ years configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices.
Deep understanding of routing protocols and concepts including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and IP MPLS.
Basic understanding of QoS concepts.
Experience with network monitoring technologies.
Ability to transform ambiguous requirements or problems into clear, actionable technical solutions.
Ability to collaborate with system administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to resolve complex issues.
Strong experience in complex problem research, management, and resolution.
Ability to mentor and support junior network engineers.
US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions.
Experience designing, engineering, and deploying Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions.
Hands-on experience and certifications with Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next-Generation Firewalls.
Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN and WAN environments.
Strong organization, coordination, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Manage and execute network installation and engineering tasks, including configuring and maintaining LAN and WAN equipment such as firewalls, routers, switches, servers, workstations, storage devices, A/V equipment, and equipment racks.
Plan network architectures, design layouts, and configure systems to support user and organizational requirements.
Analyze voice, video, and data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites.
Define, maintain, and enhance the overall security posture of the network environment.
Perform security audits, assess system health, and implement corrective actions to strengthen the program’s security posture.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, including build-to and as-built documents, implementation guides, and test plans for physical and logical IT installations.
Participate in technical system planning beyond the network, ensuring alignment with applications and systems that rely on the delivered network.
Provide Tier I, II, and III technical support, including troubleshooting and resolving network issues across a broad range of systems.