Network Engineer

Applied Network Solutions Inc.; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) plan with company contribution

Paid Holidays

Professional development

Life Insurance

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Applied Network Solutions Inc. is looking for a Network Engineer (Implementation Engineer) to join our Denver, CO team.

You will design, implement, and secure intricate networks for high‑security environments, documenting all designs and supporting materials to ensure seamless handoffs. You will migrate user connections with minimal disruption, provide expert ops support, and help establish secure configurations compliant with DISA STIGs, with Authority to Operate on new devices.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Poly
• 10 years of combined work history and education equivalent
• Must meet DoD 8140 IAT Level 2
• Experience in production network design and operations
• Experience with Cisco, Brocade, or Juniper hardware
• Hands-on routing and switching protocol troubleshooting (OSPF, BGP, VLANs)

Responsibilities

• Interpret requirements and document designs with diagrams and BOMs.
• Schedule maintenance windows for migration with minimal data impact.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers during fault isolation.
• Develop secure designs aligned with STIGs and obtain ATO for new devices.
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists.
• Improve design products, processes and team efficiency.
• Serve as escalation point for enterprise outages.

Skills

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

Routing protocols

Switching protocols

OSPF

BGP

VLANs/802.1q

Education

Doctorate + 3 years OR Master + 4 years OR Bachelor + 6 years

Tools

Cisco gear

Brocade gear

Juniper gear

Firewalls

Job description

Description

Who we are:

At Applied Network Solutions (ANS), we bring together some of the most curious minds in networking and cybersecurity. ANS was founded to disrupt the status quo. For over 25 years, our team provides expertise in network, system engineering and both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations.

What we do:

Our vision is for a future in which talent and customers alike come to ANS because of our reputation for delivering technical excellence, solving our nation’s toughest challenges and our ability to exceed expectations.

Why ANS:

At ANS we value the integrity of your work. We are looking for the right person to plan, analyze, design, develop, test, secure, integrate, implement, operate, and maintain the custom solutions that ANS delivers. Together, let’s ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

ANS is seeking a Network Engineer (Implementation Engineer)to join our team in Denver, CO.

Requirements

• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents.
• Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies. Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services.
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively.
• Escalation points for incident management enterprise level outages which involves troubleshooting across multiple enterprise segments and teams.

Requirements:

• TS/SCI w/ Poly
• Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master’s and 4 years, bachelor’s and 6 years, associates and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years. Required qualifications include the following:
• Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
• Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port-channels.

Desired Qualifications:

• Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN. Experience should include application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments.
• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls.
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation. Extensive BGP experience a plus.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional - Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIP-ENT) equivalent knowledge.
• Initiative and disciplined to work unsupervised as part of a network engineering team. Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories a plus.

Benefits:

ANS offers excellent compensation along with a generous benefits package to include:

• Family Medical, Dental (w/ adult orthodontia) and Vision coverage
• Pet Discount Program
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Maternity/ Paternity Leave
• Supplemental Military Leave Pay
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) plan with 6% Company Contribution
• Generous Professional Development Program
• 100% Employer paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 100% Employer paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Whole Life Insurance
• Lucrative Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Allowance for ANS Swag
• Potential for Paid Overtime
• Flexible Work Schedules

As required by local law, Applied Network Solutions, Inc. provides reasonable salary ranges of compensation for work performed in applicable states. Ranges are not a guarantee of compensation and depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to contractual requirements, work location, years of experience, skill set, and education. Overtime is not guaranteed for this position.

The anticipated pay range for this position is $100,000 - $200,000 USD.

Applied Network Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.