Federal Unified Communications Engineer – Network Automation

Dell Inc.; Chantilly (VA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Inc. in Chantilly, VA is seeking an experienced Unified Communications Engineer for Federal customer engagements. This onsite role focuses on automating deployment, ensuring performance, stability, and scalability of next‑generation networks.

You will work with software‑defined networking and automation to support IT workloads for government customers. The position requires hands‑on expertise with WAN, SD‑WAN platforms, REST APIs, Python/Ansible, and strong collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting large‑scale enterprise WAN architectures.
• Hands‑on with software‑defined WAN platforms and zero‑touch provisioning (ZTP).
• Python and Ansible automation experience with REST APIs and data formats (JSON, YAML).
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement changes through automation.
• Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues.
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure policy compliance.
• Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border.
• Collaborate with the Network Architect to deploy new designs and products.

Skills

Networking design

WAN troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Time management

Tools

NETCONF/RESTCONF

REST APIs

Terraform

Prometheus

Job description

Dell Inc. in Chantilly, VA is seeking an experienced Unified Communications Engineer for Federal customer engagements. This onsite role focuses on automating deployment, ensuring performance, stability, and scalability of next‑generation networks.

You will work with software‑defined networking and automation to support IT workloads for government customers. The position requires hands‑on expertise with WAN, SD‑WAN platforms, REST APIs, Python/Ansible, and strong collaboration across teams.