Global Network Operations Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Socket.dev; Washington, Reston (District of Columbia, VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower AI is seeking a Network Operations Engineer to support the Department of State's global network infrastructure. The role involves enterprise architecture analysis, design, and implementation across WAN/LAN/CAN/VLAN, with responsibilities ranging from problem solving to evaluating new products and tools.

The candidate should bring 5+ years of WAN/LAN experience, CCNA and a security clearance, and be prepared to travel as needed for mission-critical upgrades and support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of administration, configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting of WANs and LANs.
• Bachelor's in IT or related field.
• Cisco CCNA (min.); CCNP desired.
• Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in high-level enterprise architecture analysis, evaluation, design, integration, documentation, and development across the global network (LAN, WAN, CAN, VLAN).
• Apply high-level business and technical principles to difficult problems to arrive at creative engineering solutions.
• Make recommendations on desirable network solutions and opportunities.
• Research, evaluate and document new products and tools.
• Serve as a troubleshooter on complex network problems on all Tier 2 and incident tickets.
• Execute complex implementation plans for network/system upgrades.

Skills

WAN/LAN expertise

Cisco/Juniper appliances

Routing & Switching protocols

Enterprise architecture analysis

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

Cisco CCNA

CCNP certification

Secret Security Clearance

Job description

Empower AI is seeking a Network Operations Engineer to support the Department of State's global network infrastructure. The role involves enterprise architecture analysis, design, and implementation across WAN/LAN/CAN/VLAN, with responsibilities ranging from problem solving to evaluating new products and tools.

The candidate should bring 5+ years of WAN/LAN experience, CCNA and a security clearance, and be prepared to travel as needed for mission-critical upgrades and support.