Network Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 86,900 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in San Diego is seeking a Network Engineer to lead and develop complex technology systems for Navy missions. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of network engineering experience, including expertise with Cisco systems and relevant technologies. Responsibilities include translating business needs into technical solutions and ensuring high performance of network services. This position requires a Secret clearance and offers a competitive salary range of $86,900 to $198,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with network engineering.
• Experience with routers, switches, firewalls, and MPLS circuits.
• Experience with Cisco, QoS, OSPF, and BGP routing protocols.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements to support needs.
• Accountable for architecture and planning activities.
• Provide technical leadership for methodology and standards.

Skills

Network engineering

Client interaction

Technical leadership

Problem analysis

Education

HS diploma or GED

DoD 8140 Certification

Tools

Cisco routers and switches

Wireshark

Amazon Cloud

What’s Up Gold

Job description

Role Overview

As a Network Engineer on our team, you’ll have the chance to shape Navy missions by leading engineering efforts to develop, operate, and maintain complex technology systems using engineering principles, theories, and concepts. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. You will broaden your skill set into areas such as defining the architecture and engineering solutions, merging operational Navy experience and network design to create complex system architectures.

What You'll Work On

• Translate complex business requirements and align the appropriate solution to support business needs.
• Take accountability for architecture, planning, design, and verification activities to create production‑ready configurations for the Global Network via business‑focused projects.
• Provide technical leadership in developing methodology, process, and standards for measuring network and application related key performance indicators such as end‑to‑end application response time, latency, and overall throughput.
• Be responsible for effectiveness, quality of service, performance tuning, and implementation success.

You Have

• 10+ years of experience with network engineering.
• Experience with routers, switches, firewalls, MPLS circuit, NIPR / SIPR network, WLAN, ZTNA, Amazon Cloud, CUCM, voicemail, SCCP, Jabber, and SIP.
• Experience with Cisco routers and switches, QoS DSCP marking, OSPF and BGP routing protocols, dynamic mGRE tunnels, VRF, MPLS / VPLS, Q‑in‑Q VLANs, Wireshark packet capture analysis, and network monitoring tools such as What’s Up Gold or Cisco ThousandEyes.
• Experience interacting directly with clients, managers, stakeholders, and approving authorities to identify problems, analyze data, generate solutions, and communicate results.
• HS diploma or GED.
• DoD 8140 Certification.
• Secret clearance.

Nice If You Have

• Experience with containerization.
• Experience with network orchestration.
• Experience with SDN or SDWAN.
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with virtualization.
• Experience with Navy Defense Research Evaluation Network (DREN) or Navy shore networks like Automated Digital Network System (ADNS).
• TS/SCI clearance.
• CCNA Certification.

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.