Networking Team Lead

NTT DATA•Rockville, MD

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About The Position

The Networking Team Leader provides technical leadership, engineering oversight, and operational management for a complex enterprise network environment supporting scientific, research, and business missions. This role is responsible for architecting, operating, securing, and modernizing enterprise Ethernet network infrastructure across multiple sites, including on-premises data centers and cloud environments. The Networking Team Leader ensures high availability, scalability, performance, and security of routing, switching, inter-site connectivity, and external partner integrations. This position plays a critical role in supporting enterprise hosting, high performance computing (HPC), cybersecurity initiatives, and scientific instrumentation connectivity within a highly regulated federal IT environment.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or One-and-one- half (1.5) years of additional experience can substitute for one (1) year of a typical degree program.
Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise network engineering and operations.
Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team of engineers to design and implement enterprise network architectures for 3,000+ users and multi-site WANs.
Minimum 5 years of experience with at least two enterprise networking technologies such as Cisco (Catalyst, Nexus, ACI, SD-Access), Juniper Junos, or equivalent platforms.
Minimum 5 years of experience with Layer 2 - 3 networking and at least 3 years with layer 4 - 7 technologies, including routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), VLANs, spanning tree, QoS, and load balancing.
Minimum 3 years of experience implementing and managing network security technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, NAC, IDS/IPS, and secure segmentation strategies.
Minimum 5 years supporting cloud and hybrid cloud networking architectures in AWS or Azure.
Minimum 3 years of experience working in regulated federal environments with document exposure to security frameworks such as NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA, or FedRAMP.
Must be a US citizen who has the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience in network troubleshooting and operations including incident resolution in production environments and root cause analysis
Willingness and ability to support extended or after-hours operations when required.
Industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE, or equivalent.
Experience supporting high performance computing (HPC) or research computing environments.
Experience with data center technologies including virtualization platforms and high-availability architectures.
Experience with network monitoring and analytics platforms (e.g., SolarWinds, NetFlow, packet capture tools).
Familiarity with DevOps and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
Experience working in a federal or highly regulated environment.
Experience leading technical teams in an Agile or DevOps-oriented organization.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, and engineering of enterprise network infrastructure, including routing, switching, inter-site connectivity, and secure external integrations.
Develop and maintain network roadmaps aligned with evolving business, scientific, security, and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate, test, and implement emerging networking technologies to maintain a modern, scalable, and resilient infrastructure.
Provide expert-level technical guidance on network design supporting data centers, HPC environments, enterprise hosting platforms, and hybrid cloud integrations.
Oversee day-to-day network operations, including configuration management, patching, upgrades, hardware lifecycle management, and incident troubleshooting.
Ensure timely detection, escalation, and resolution of network incidents, including after-hours support when required.
Monitor network performance and availability; perform root cause analysis and trend forecasting to improve reliability and service delivery.
Ensure adherence to change management and configuration management standards, maintaining accurate and current technical documentation.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement secure network configurations, segmentation, access control, and monitoring capabilities.
Support implementation and management of security technologies including firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and network access control solutions.
Assist with risk assessments, vulnerability remediation, and compliance with applicable federal security and regulatory standards.
Contribute to disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations (COOP) planning, testing, and execution.
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for enterprise network engineering matters.
Lead, mentor, and develop network engineers and administrators, establishing standards and best practices.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated infrastructure service delivery.
Support project planning, acquisition activities, and technical evaluations related to network systems and services.
Provide regular status reporting, performance metrics, and technical briefings to leadership.