Network Engineer — DHS Mission (Hybrid)

Agile Defense; Ashburn (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense is seeking a Network Engineer to design, install, and maintain DHS enterprise networks, including WAN/LAN, VPNs, WLAN, and perimeter security.You will work in a hybrid role in Ashburn, VA, supporting 24/7 on-call operations and cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of network engineering experience within federal environments, deep Cisco and firewall expertise, and hands-on with SD-WAN and cloud interconnects (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field with 5+ years of network engineering experience, or 8+ years without a degree.
• Minimum of five years of verifiable network engineering experience supporting a large federal agency.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VPNs, and VLANs.
• Expertise with Cisco technology and firewall technologies.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and support enterprise-grade switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways.
• Provide Tier 2/3 escalation support for outages, degradations, and performance issues; conduct RCA and coordinate vendor support.
• Support planning, installation, and cutover of network hardware upgrades and SD-WAN transitions.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams (Visio) and inventory databases; update SOPs and change tickets.

Skills

Network Engineering

Troubleshooting

Upgrades

Documentation

On-Call

Project Support

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS/Engineering

Tools

Cisco technology

Firewall technologies

VPNs

SD-WAN

AWS/Azure/GCP

Visio

ServiceNow/Remedy

Job description

Agile Defense is seeking a Network Engineer to design, install, and maintain DHS enterprise networks, including WAN/LAN, VPNs, WLAN, and perimeter security.You will work in a hybrid role in Ashburn, VA, supporting 24/7 on-call operations and cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of network engineering experience within federal environments, deep Cisco and firewall expertise, and hands-on with SD-WAN and cloud interconnects (AWS/Azure/GCP).