Network Engineer (Principal/Lead) - TS/SCI with Polygraph Required

Catalyst Operations & Analytics; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Catalyst Operations & Analytics seeks a Principal/Lead Network Engineer to provide technical leadership across architecture, modernization, and delivery of large, global enterprise networks, spanning CONUS and OCONUS locations.

You will mentor senior, mid-level, and junior engineers, own major design decisions, and present architecture options to customers and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of network engineering experience (or Master's with 10+ years).
• US Citizenship and TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• Expert-level experience with global LAN/WAN/CAN networks.
• Extensive routing and switching protocols at enterprise scale.
• DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification required.
• Ability to lead large-scale modernization with minimal disruption.
• Strong written and oral communication skills for customer presentations.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

Skills

Global network architecture

Routing & switching

Emerging technologies research

Vendor network hardware

IAT Level II certification

Leadership & modernization

Technical writing & communication

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years

Master's degree + 10+ years

Job description

Position Summary

Principal/Lead Network Engineers provide technical leadership across the architecture, modernization, and delivery of large, complex, global enterprise network infrastructure in support of the customer's mission. Principal/Lead Network Engineers research, assess, and recommend emerging network infrastructure technologies, own major network design decisions, and set technical direction for large-scale network modernization efforts spanning CONUS and OCONUS locations. Principal/Lead Network Engineers are expected to mentor Senior, Mid-Level, and Associate network engineers and represent network architecture decisions directly to the customer.

Requirements

US Citizenship and TS/SCI with Polygraph (no exceptions)

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant network engineering experience (Master's degree and 10+ years also acceptable); additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
  

Required Skills:

• Expert-level experience architecting and modernizing large, global enterprise network infrastructure (LAN/WAN/CAN)
• Extensive experience with routing and switching protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VRF, VPN) at global enterprise scale
• Demonstrated experience researching, assessing, and recommending emerging network infrastructure technologies
• Deep expertise with network hardware from major vendors (e.g., Cisco, Juniper, Brocade)
• DoD 8140/8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II certification required
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale network modernization and transition efforts with minimal service disruption
• Excellent critical thinking, technical writing, and oral communication skills, including the ability to present and defend network architecture decisions to customers and senior stakeholders
• Principal/Lead positions set technical direction for network architecture across the program and mentor Senior, Mid-Level, and Junior network engineers