ITS Field Network Engineer - Contract Role

Intone Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 96,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc in Washington, DC is seeking a contract Field Network Engineer for a 6-month engagement to design, deploy, and operate ITS network infrastructure. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration of DMVPN, VPNs, QoS, and secure connectivity across urban transport sites.

The position requires extensive experience with DMVPN, LTE/5G failover, and network automation. You will coordinate with service providers and manage field deployments and documentation to ensure resilient ITS transport

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, or equivalent experience (11 years).
• 6 years of experience conveying technical concepts for a specific specialty.
• 6 years of experience preparing complex technical documentation.
• 6 years of ITS experience including traffic signal controllers and CCTV transport.
• 6 years of LTE/5G failover experience.
• 6 years of network automation using Ansible or Python.
• 8 years of high-availability network design and DR planning.
• 6 years of fiber optic network experience with single-mode fiber.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and support DMVPN hub-and-spoke and spoke-to-spoke overlays.
• Configure and troubleshoot IPsec, GRE tunnels, and DMVPN interfaces.
• Implement BGP, OSPF, EIGRP over DMVPN for auto-failover.
• Design failover and redundancy with LTE/5G backups.
• Monitor tunnel health, latency, and throughput across VPNs.
• Coordinate Metro Ethernet circuit provisioning and incident resolution.
• Manage dual-WAN redundancy and carrier handoff at sites.
• Perform field installations and cutovers of routers, switches, cabinets, and handoff equipment.
• Manage VLANs, IP addressing, and L2/L3 connectivity to data centers.
• Implement network segmentation with VRFs, VLANs, and firewall policies.
• Apply QoS for latency-sensitive ITS traffic (signal control, video).
• Troubleshoot network end-to-end from field to data center.
• Maintain network documentation and inventories.
• Support ITS traffic like signal control and CCTV with reliable transport.
• Coordinate field cabinet upgrades for new equipment.
• Migrate remote aggregation points to DMVPN transport.
• Monitor performance and security compliance for ITS links.
• Ensure encrypted connections per government security policies.
• Manage VPN certificates, key rotation, and trust domains.
• Implement IoT security and segmentation best practices.
• Support security audits and vulnerability remediation on ITS network.

Skills

DMVPN

IPsec

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

LTE/5G failover

Ansible

Python scripting

IoT security

Disaster recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (11 years)

Tools

Python

Ansible

Job description

Intone Inc in Washington, DC is seeking a contract Field Network Engineer for a 6-month engagement to design, deploy, and operate ITS network infrastructure. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration of DMVPN, VPNs, QoS, and secure connectivity across urban transport sites.

The position requires extensive experience with DMVPN, LTE/5G failover, and network automation. You will coordinate with service providers and manage field deployments and documentation to ensure resilient ITS transport