Design Engineer (ND2) (Government)

att; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 89,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AT&T Global Public Sector is seeking aDesign Engineer (ND2) for CAN/LAN in Aurora, CO. The role focuses on modernizing our government network and transitioning to a new service provider architecture while maintaining security and performance.

The position requires TS/SCI with polygraph clearance, 5+ days on-site weekly, and no relocation offered. You will work with DISA STIGs, configure and document designs, and support a production network environment.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have a very senior level of network design and implementation experience.
• DoD 8140 IAT Level 2 compliance is required.
• Experience with CAN/LAN CAN/WAN, and production network hardware configurations.

Responsibilities

• Interpret requirements and document designs with diagrams, BOMs, cabling, and configurations.
• Use private test lab to evaluate new technologies and test changes.
• Schedule maintenance windows during network transition with minimal data flow impact.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations teams and troubleshoot production networks.
• Develop secure network designs aligned with DISA STIGs and obtain Authority to Operate.
• Supervise network support specialists to plan and implement services.
• Improve design products, processes, and systems for efficiency.
• Opportunity to learn MPLS WANs beyond CAN/LAN.

Skills

CAN/LAN design

MPLS WANs

Network design

Documentation

IAT Level 2

Security clearance

Education

Doctorate + 3 years

Master's + 4 years

Bachelor's + 6 years

HS diploma + 10 years

Tools

Cisco

Brocade

Juniper

OSPF

BGP

VLANs

Job description

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers' mission.

Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community, providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.

AT&T has an opening for a Design Engineer (Campus Area Network/Local Area Network (CAN/LAN)) to support our government customer's global enterprise networks. The CAN/LAN service network architecture provides solutions for modernizing network components while supporting service delivery for customer requirements in a mission-focused operational enterprise. Our team is completely replacing a global enterprise network while providing design, engineering, and transition for a wide range of customer network requirements. This is a unique and rare opportunity to build and transition critical operations to a modern service provider network architecture.

This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered. Work to be performed at a government customer site in Aurora, CO.

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents.
• Use our private test lab to evaluate new technologies and capabilities, test proposed changes to production networks, and recreate troubleshooting scenarios to support the production enterprise network.
• Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies. Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services.
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively.
• Although this position is focused on CAN/LAN, this opportunity offers the ability to learn and work on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Networks (WANs).

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master's and 4 years, bachelor's and 6 years, associates and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years.
• Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
• Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port-channels.

Desired Qualifications

• Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN. Experience should include application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments.
• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls.
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation. Extensive BGP experience a plus.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge.
• Initiative and disciplined to work unsupervised as part of a network engineering team. Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories a plus.

Our Design Engineer (ND2) (Government) earns $89,200 - $180,000 yearly. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.