Lead Facility Network Engineer

Parsons; Colorado; On-site; USD 148,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Lead Facility Network Communications Project Engineer to join our team in Boulder, CO. You will lead site surveys, design reviews, and cross‑functional collaboration with tenants and external providers to deliver secure, high‑availability WAN/LAN solutions.

This role requires strong communication, independent work, and occasional after‑hours support. The position emphasizes system documentation, incident response, and program representation on technical boards while ensuring

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• 7+ years of enterprise network experience in DoD/IC or other national security environments.
• Bachelor's degree with related experience.
• Active Security+ certification or equivalent.
• Experience integrating solutions into operational classified environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
• Knowledge of dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).
• Knowledge of crypto, mesh networks, and SFTP concepts.
• Knowledge of IT security principles and network concepts.
• Knowledge of LAN/WAN and bandwidth management.

Responsibilities

• Lead site surveys, design reviews, and meetings with tenants and providers to identify requirements, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate and test tenant connections to ensure they meet requirements.
• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot existing circuits and respond to events.
• Analyze circuits to improve bandwidth and performance for tenants.
• Document facility communications with configuration management records.
• Serve as primary POC for external communications and escalation.
• Track stakeholder updates and close out external communications tasks.
• Perform configuration management oversight for external networks.
• Represent the program on technical approval boards for external comms.
• Collaborate on outages, testing, upgrades, and reporting.
• Work with tenants/providers on architecture, design, and requirements.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

DoD network experience

Cross-functional leadership

BGP

OSPF

IT security principles

Crypto concepts

Mesh networks

SFTP

Rack diagrams

Networking tools

PWAN

MeshONE-T

Juniper JNCIA-Junos

Juniper JNCIP

Juniper JNCIA-DC

Juniper JNCIA-Design

Cisco CCNA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JNCIA-Junos

JNCIP

JNCIA-DC

JNCIA-Design

CCNA

Job description

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a talented Lead Facility Network Comm Project Engineer to join our growing team!

We're looking fo WAN/LAN experience to support a Government Research and Development facility in Boulder, CO. This customer-facing position requires a self-starter that can work independently and as part of a team and possesses strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills. Experience in working with cross functional Government SETAs, FFRDCs, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Capability Integration Development (CID) team members is a plus. There is a minimum onsite support requirement for M-F during core business hours of 9:00am-3:00pm MT. Occasional/infrequent after hours/weekend support may be required.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead site surveys, technical interchange meetings, and design reviews to collaborate with multiple tenants and external comm providers to identify requirements, risks, and dependencies that drive new or upgrade designs
• Leverage technical experience and in-depth knowledge of the facility communications infrastructure to facilitate, integrate, and test new tenant connections and ensure they meet levied requirements
• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot existing circuits and respond rapidly to planned or unplanned events
• Analyze existing comm circuits and strategize ways to improve bandwidth and performance to meet growing tenant requirements
• Document facility comm systems and maintain detailed records using configuration management processes

• Facilitate communication between multiple onsite tenants and external comm providers to ensure solutions and requirements are aligned
• Serve as primary facility POC for external comms for anomalies or issues requiring attention or escalation
• Facilitate tracking, stakeholder status updates, and closure updates to external communications efforts
• Perform configuration management oversight and documentation for external communications network environments
• Serve as the program representative on technical approval boards for external comm related items
• Collaborate with tenants and external comm providers on outages, testing, upgrades, impacts, risks, mitigation, status, and reporting in conjunction with planned or unplanned events
• Work with tenants and comm providers on external network comm architecture, design, and requirements
• Identify and provide briefings to stakeholders regarding requirements and scope for external comm efforts
• Provide tenant cyber security teams with requested artifacts to support external comm related cyber tasking to include but not limited to IATT, ATC, and ATO efforts
• Facilitate onsite circuit installs and troubleshooting efforts for new and existing comm connections
• Track, manage, and provide facility bandwidth metrics to all tenants for design consideration
• Primary management and technical responsibilities for entire facility ISP solution
• Conduct and analyze data captures to obtain network performance information
• Configure, implement, and test/troubleshoot crypto devices
• Develop and maintain facility network and equipment operating procedures
• Provide solution guidance for tech refreshes and environment baseline builds

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Active Top Secret security clearance
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise network systems within DoD, Intelligence Community, or other national security environments, with additional education, training, and certifications able to count towards total years of experience
• Bachelors degree, with additional years of experience able to count in lieu of a degree
• Active Security + certification, or equivalent
• Experience integrating solutions into operational classified environments.
• Experience leading cross functional teams to achieve strategic objectives
• Knowledge of dynamic routing protocols such BGP or OSPF
• Knowledge of communication methods, principles, protocols and concepts (e.g., crypto, mesh network, sftp) that support the network infrastructure
• Knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
• Ability to review rack layout diagram and identify network equipment
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption)
• Knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management
• Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]
• Knowledge of common network tools (e.g., ping, traceroute, nslookup)

What Desired Skills You Might Bring:

• Experience with network integrations to on-premises and cloud environments utilizing PWAN, MeshONE-T, and Commercial Communications providers.
• One or more of the following Juniper certifications:
  • JNCIA-Junos
  • JNCIP
  • JNCIA-DC
  • JNCIA-Design
• One or more of the following Cisco certifications:
  • CCNA

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $148,300.00 - $266,900.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!

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