Senior Network Engineer

Digital Consultants, LLC•Alexandria, VA

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About The Position

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense make working here more than a job; it’s the Digital family. Digital Consultants is seeking a Network Architect to support a government customer. The Network Engineer designs, implements, and manages secure, enterprise-scale network infrastructures supporting DoD OIG mission operations. This role is responsible for wide-area and local-area network services across multiple geographic locations, integrating on-premises and cloud environments, and ensuring network availability, performance, and security. The Network Engineer manages VPN services, hybrid connectivity, capacity planning, and troubleshooting, while collaborating with other IT teams to deliver reliable network services. The position requires deep technical expertise in enterprise WAN/LAN environments, VPN technologies, and hybrid cloud networking, with a strong focus on compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards.

Requirements

Clearance Required (if any): Secret
Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in computer science, information systems, information technology, engineering, telecommunications, or related technical field
Certifications: Required Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching certification OR Juniper Networks Certified Expert (JNCIE)
10 years’ IT experience with at least 7 years’ experience with enterprise network design, implementation, and management.
5 years’ experience managing complex WAN/LAN environments supporting 1,000+ users across multiple geographic locations
3 years’ experience with VPN services to include provisioning, monitoring, and the management of site-to-site VPN connectivity and remote user access solutions
3 years’ experience with hybrid network environments integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud network services, and experience with network capacity planning, performance monitoring, and threshold management for enterprise-scale networks
3 years’ experience with network services and network topology design and implementation

Nice To Haves

Education: Preferred Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, related field
Certifications: Preferred Information Technology Information Library (ITIL) v3 or later
Cloud Network Certifications relevant to hybrid environments such as (Azure Network Engineer Associate, AWS Advanced Networking, or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage enterprise WAN/LAN networks supporting 1,000+ users across multiple locations.
Configure, monitor, and optimize VPN services, including site-to-site and remote access solutions.
Manage hybrid network environments, integrating on-premises infrastructure with commercial cloud services.
Perform capacity planning, performance monitoring, and threshold management for enterprise-scale networks.
Implement and enforce DoD network security standards and compliance requirements (IAT Level II baseline).
Administer routers, switches, firewalls, VLANs, and other network devices.
Troubleshoot complex network issues, escalating and resolving problems across infrastructure layers.
Support disaster recovery and continuity of operations planning for network services.
Maintain detailed network documentation, diagrams, and configuration baselines.
Provide Tier 2/3 support to Service Desk escalations for network-related incidents.
Collaborate with system administrators, cloud architects, and cybersecurity staff on network architecture and integration.
Support implementation of new network technologies and modernization initiatives.