Network Engineer III
Our client is seeking a Network Engineer Level III to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This Key Personnel role will provide senior wireless, network, and security engineering expertise with emphasis on Cisco wireless infrastructure, secure network operations, continuous visibility, security product integration, and advanced enterprise network engineering for a proposal opportunity. Primary Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, troubleshoot, and optimize secure wireless LAN solutions.
- Support Cisco wireless, Cisco ISE, MSE, WLC, Prime, and AnyConnect
environments.
- Implement secure guest wireless and BYOD solutions.
- Integrate network security tools to support visibility, monitoring, access control, and
enforcement.
- Troubleshoot complex LAN, WAN, and wireless issues.
- Support network performance, availability, and security for mission-critical
environments.
- Develop and review secure network configurations, diagrams, procedures, and
technical documentation.
- Support enterprise architecture design reviews, engineering meetings, change
management, and security posture improvement efforts.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Candidates must be willing and able to work as Ashburn W-2 employees. 1099 and
corp-to-corp arrangements are not permitted for these roles.
- DHS EOD / suitability is required for clerance.
- 10+ years of experience designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing
Wireless LAN systems for Government or similarly complex enterprise environments.
- Experience addressing Radio Frequency (RF) shared-medium challenges.
- Experience ensuring robust wireless network performance and implementing
security best practices aligned to Federal standards.
- Subject Matter Expert-level experience with Cisco wireless technologies, including
Cisco ISE, Cisco MSE, Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Prime, and Cisco AnyConnect.
- Experience implementing secure BYOD and guest wireless solutions while
maintaining production network security.
- Experience applying federal information security policies, principles, and practices
to secure network operations.
- Experience using tools such as ForeScout, Cisco ISE, Stealthwatch/Cisco Secure
Network Analytics, and Splunk.
- Experience maintaining continuous network visibility and enforcing network security
measures.
- Advanced network engineering experience designing, implementing, and managing
complex LAN, WAN, and wireless systems.
- Experience with network performance optimization, troubleshooting, and advanced
security protocol integration.
- Ability to support mission-critical Government operations.
Preferred / Strongly Desired Qualifications
- Active Cisco certification strongly preferred, such as CCNP Security, CCIE Security,
CCIE Wireless, CCIE Data Center, or comparable experience.
- Experience with Cisco Nexus, IOS, FlexPod, Corelight NDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and
network security tools.
- Experience with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Orion, or comparable configuration
management tools.
- Experience with Zero Trust Network Access, SASE, network segmentation, and
micro-segmentation.
- Prior DHS, DOD / DOW, or federal network security engineering experience