Lead Network Engineer – AI-Ready & Secure

Lumen Technologies, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Lead IT Systems Engineer to design, install, test, and maintain laboratory network infrastructure focusing on Layer 2/3 protocols. TS/SCI clearance required; travel to customer sites possible.

You will lead projects end-to-end, produce network drawings and implementation plans, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring security and compliance across enterprise networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent IT experience with at least six years in enterprise network design.
• CCNA required; CCNP preferred; TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain health of laboratory network equipment (switches, routers, firewalls, tools).
• Lead end-to-end projects from research to transition.
• Create network drawings, test plans, reports, and implementation plans.
• Collaborate on IP addressing, routing, segmentation, and security design.
• Serve as Tier III support for enterprise network operations center.
• Mentor junior engineers and stay current on security practices.

Skills

IS-IS

BGP/MP-BGP

MPLS routing

RSVP

LDP

MPLS VPN

OSPF

MBFD

FBF

ACL

OAM

802.1Q

VRRP/HSRP

CCNA

CCNP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT related field

12 years of experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Ethernet test sets

Packet captures

Protocol analyzers

MS Visio

Job description

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Lead IT Systems Engineer to design, install, test, and maintain laboratory network infrastructure focusing on Layer 2/3 protocols. TS/SCI clearance required; travel to customer sites possible.

You will lead projects end-to-end, produce network drawings and implementation plans, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring security and compliance across enterprise networks.