Network Design Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

By Light Professional IT Services LLC is growing its defense IT team to support the US Army COMPMOD program. The Network Design Engineer will design and document MILDEP campus networks, coordinate with project managers, and deliver engineering work to standard and schedule.

Requirements include 10+ years in network design, Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Layer 2/3 expertise (VLANs, VNIs, VRFs), familiarity with Cisco/Juniper gear, and the ability to travel up to 30% with an active clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in a technical discipline with 10+ years in a similar role.
• Cisco CCNA certification.
• Experience with network design upgrades, cutover planning, and documentation.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/3 networks, VLANs, VNIs, and VRFs.
• Active Secret clearance or higher preferred and ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering assessments of configurations and review work products for correctness and schedules.
• Coordinate with Project/Program Manager to ensure problem solution and user satisfaction and with the Lead Engineer on network design decisions.
• Make recommendations for major systems installations and deliver milestone reports and presentations.
• Adhere to U.S. Army engineering processes and submit site reports/drawings for Government review and approval.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Team collaboration

Travel up to 30%

On-time delivery

Education

BA/BS in technical discipline

Tools

Cisco equipment

Juniper equipment

Cisco Prime

Layer 2/3 networks

VLANs / VNIs / VRFs

Spanning Tree

Job description

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Our By Light team, the premier providers of innovative Information Technology (IT) services and communications support to the Department of Defense and Federal Agencies, is growing. We’re increasing our team to support the US Army Comprehensive Modernization (COMPMOD) program. The program delivers end-to-end EFIS&T services—including survey and design through installation, security, and testing. This work spans NIPR and SIPR networks, Wi‑Fi, VoIP, ISP/OSP infrastructure, and voice modernization across all CONUS Army installations.

The Network Design Engineer is responsible for the design and documentation of a MILDEP Campus Area Network. This position requires technical knowledge, skills and experience and the ability to direct technical resources in the completion of assigned tasks.

• Develop engineering assessments of different configurations including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to customer standards, and for progress in accordance with schedules.
• Coordinate with the Project and/or Program Manager to ensure problem solution and user satisfaction and with the Lead Engineer on network architecture and design decisions.
• The Network Design Engineer makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major systems installations, prepares milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations on the system concept to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives.
• The Network Design Engineer will adhere to U.S. Army engineering processes during the development of all submissions; identify additional processes and documentation formats, as necessary submit site specific reports and drawings to Government for review and approval and adhere to the Government’s established process for reviewing, updating, approving, and disseminating Design and Engineering documents.
• BA/BS in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of experience in a similar role.
• Cisco CCNA certification
• This position requires technical knowledge, skills and experience and the ability to direct technical resources in the completion of assigned tasks to include but not limited to network design upgrades, development of configurations and cutover plans, staging and pre‑configuration, execution of the cutover plans, and documentation and system testing
• The Design and Engineering Site Lead must be experienced and familiar with the design and configuration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks including spanning tree, software defined networking, VLANs, Virtual Network Identifiers (VNI)s, VXLANS, VRFs, Hostnames, OEM equipment from CISCO.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members of different abilities, backgrounds, and skillsets
• Proven ability of delivering products on time or ahead of schedule
• Cisco CCNP and/or CCDP certification
• Passive Optical Networking (PON)
• Familiar with Juniper network equipment and network management
• Cisco Prime
• IT PIE
• US Army network design standards
• Active Secret Clearance or higher
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time on deployments for CONUS locations

Salary Minimum $125,000

Salary Maximum $165,000

The annual base salary provided is a guideline for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. When extending an offer, By Light also considers other variables such as (but not limited to) work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions. In addition, By Light provides an extensive selection of benefits and offerings to our employees.