Network Engineer - Sustainment Engineer

TEKsystems•Suffolk, VA

13h•$60 - $80•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to support the sustainment, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational readiness of secure classified communications environments. This role requires a hands-on technical professional with expertise across networking, cybersecurity, and systems administration who can support mission-critical infrastructure within highly secure environments. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience supporting complex enterprise networks, security appliances, virtualization platforms, and identity management solutions while ensuring compliance with Department of Defense cybersecurity and configuration management requirements.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Minimum 8 years of Network Engineering experience supporting Cisco and/or Juniper environments.
Minimum 2 years of experience supporting DoD enterprise environments.
Strong understanding of: Enterprise network architecture, Network and security appliances, Application services, Virtualized environments, Network management and monitoring platforms, Network troubleshooting methodologies, Performance optimization.
Proven experience configuring, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network infrastructure.
Strong knowledge of switching technologies and network operations.
Experience with: Cisco routing and switching, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Juniper networking solutions, Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba networking technologies.
Experience supporting: Active Directory, Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, PKI integration, VMware vSphere environments.
Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting secure classified communications environments.
Experience with: F5 Load Balancers, Wi-Fi technologies including 802.11ac and 802.11ax, PKI and certificate-based authentication solutions, Enterprise network access control implementations.
Familiarity with virtualization technologies and systems administration.
Experience supporting U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, or broader Department of Defense missions.
Active DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification such as: Security+, CCNA, CCNP, CISSP.

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing sustainment, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of secure enterprise network environments.
Support virtualized infrastructure and complex multi-platform network architectures.
Deploy, configure, test, and maintain network and security appliances.
Install, configure, and support routers, switches, firewalls, VPN gateways, wireless infrastructure, and related network technologies.
Perform configuration management and ensure operational readiness of network systems.
Investigate and resolve network, system, and security incidents in classified environments.
Conduct engineering evaluations, technology assessments, and performance analysis.
Support Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), including certificate deployment, installation, renewal, and lifecycle management.
Configure and troubleshoot IPsec communications and secure routing solutions.
Implement and manage firewall rules, access control lists (ACLs), and network segmentation strategies.
Support Layer 3 and Layer 7 load balancing technologies.
Configure and maintain enterprise routing and switching protocols.
Implement and support 802.1X authentication and network access control solutions.
Utilize network monitoring, management, and security tools to maintain system performance and compliance.
Perform vulnerability scanning and support remediation activities.
Implement system and network hardening procedures in accordance with DoD security standards and best practices.
Develop technical documentation, reports, and presentations for stakeholders.
Participate in on-call support and incident response activities as required.