Senior Cisco Network Engineer - Onsite DC

Blueally Technology Solutions, Llc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueAlly is seeking a Cisco-centric Senior Network Engineer to design, upgrade, troubleshoot, and provide Level 2/3 support for campus and wide area networks. You’ll work on Cisco routers/switches, VPNs, and wireless, with a focus on reliable, scalable infrastructure in a client environment.

Onsite in Washington, DC, five days per week, direct hire. US citizenship required for site access; visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting complex data networks.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco routers and switches, Cisco IOS and NX-OS, and the EIGRP and BGP routing protocols.
• Multi-site VPN experience, both LAN-to-LAN and DMVPN.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of IEEE 802.1X, ideally with Cisco ISE.
• Wireless networking in Cisco and Aruba environments.
• Senior-level troubleshooting of complex networks, including Wireshark analysis.
• Applying information security and information assurance best practices to network services.
• Experience managing data, voice, and video communications projects, preferably using Cisco equipment.
• Ability to lead technical staff, work across teams, and juggle multiple projects to meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including working with non-technical customers to answer service questions.
• US citizenship and the ability to pass a drug screen and background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data, voice, video, VoIP, and QoS services.
• Design and implement business continuity, redundancy, diversity, and failover for data services.
• Configure and support Cisco routers and switches, including site-to-site VPN per customer standards, Layer 2 switching, VLANs and trunks, and voice and data VLANs.
• Configure wireless access points and troubleshoot connectivity in Cisco and Aruba environments.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 operational support across Layers 1-3, troubleshooting and resolving network problems, VPN issues, and outages.
• Respond to service requests from Campus, WAN, Network Control Center (NCC), and NMS groups.
• Monitor network faults and advanced network and system performance.
• Support Infoblox DNS/DHCP.
• Assist remote users by phone with locating equipment, interface ports, and cable management, and ship equipment to remote offices as needed.
• Create and maintain documentation, including network diagrams, configuration templates, design validation reports, test plans, and installation records.
• Train client Level 2 and Level 3 staff on new and upgraded technologies before deployment.
• Coordinate project work, including assigning and scheduling tasks, following client IT governance methodology.
• Serve as a customer liaison and provide system engineering technical support.

Skills

Cisco routers & switches

Cisco IOS & NX-OS

EIGRP & BGP

VPN (LAN-to-LAN, DMVPN)

IEEE 802.1X / Cisco ISE

Wireless networking (Cisco/Aruba)

Wireshark

Information security best practices

Lead technical staff / project mgmt

Strong communication

Education

CCNP

CCIE (strongly preferred)

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

Infoblox DNS/DHCP

Infoblox NetMRI

NetFlow / NMS

Job description

BlueAlly is seeking a Cisco-centric Senior Network Engineer to design, upgrade, troubleshoot, and provide Level 2/3 support for campus and wide area networks. You’ll work on Cisco routers/switches, VPNs, and wireless, with a focus on reliable, scalable infrastructure in a client environment.

Onsite in Washington, DC, five days per week, direct hire. US citizenship required for site access; visa sponsorship is not available.