Network Engineer

CACI • Florham Park, NJ

13d • Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you’ll join a team of passionate and innovative engineers to understand and anticipate evolving Cybersecurity needs and challenges. You’ll leverage your experience—along with targeted research into network technologies, cyber tools, and emerging techniques—to develop forward‑thinking solutions that address both customer and industry demands. Working directly with customers, you will translate their requirements into well‑designed cyber solutions that strengthen our nation’s overall Cybersecurity posture.

Requirements

• Strong preference for active Top-Secret/SCI government security clearance, AND ability to obtain additional clearance(s) as needed at the level to perform the job
• BA in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• M inimum of 8-10 years of related work experience.
• Knowledge of current and emerging optical transport technologies (SONET/SDH, OTN, DWDM, etc) and product lines
• Experience designing, deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting live and testbed converged optical networks
• Networking and/or computer science background including broad knowledge in IP networking, cyber security and system engineering
• Working knowledge of IP (v4 and v6) and computer and network security
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong writing and communications skills

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience with other non-optical network technologies (e.g. IP, MPLS, LTE, 5G, etc)
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services
• Skill in performing packet-level analysis
• Software development skills and demonstrated experience in current languages such as C, C++.
• Experience with Linux operating systems at all layers (boot, kernel space, user space)
• Ethical hacking skills and experience with penetration testing and reverse engineering tools

Responsibilities

• Design and configure networks representative of real networks and technologies, including large- and small-scale networks integrating DWDM, OTN, SONET/SDH and/or other non-optical network technologies.
• Identify and evaluate security strengths and weaknesses in these converged technology small and large-scale networks.
• Research solutions to challenging cyber security and computer networking problems
• Communicate understanding of network architecture and design
• Characterize and analyze network traffic
• Generate reports and presentations suitable for documenting and communicating results to peers and team members
• Develop relationships with customers and cooperatively identify new approaches to address customer needs
• Identify, propose and execute new research ideas
• Travel to customer sites as necessary
• Understand and adhere to all CACI Ethical and Compliance policies.
• Proactively ensure a safe work environment.
• Perform other duties as required
• Obtain/retain a government security clearance at the level to perform the duties of the position

Benefits

• flexible time off benefit
• robust learning resources
• competitive compensation
• benefits
• learning and development opportunities
• comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits

What This Job Offers

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