Senior Government Network Engineer (Remote/Hybrid)

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain large-scale wired and wireless infrastructure for government projects in Washington, DC, Arlington, VA, and remote locations. The role emphasizes monitoring, security patching, and performance optimization across NPS/CGS networks.

You will interface with state/local government personnel, internal stakeholders, and vendors, while contributing to testing procedures, documentation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or a related discipline.
• Strong documentation skills including updating JIRA Tickets, Wiki Pages and Network Diagrams
• CWNA Certification or equivalent
• BCNE Certification or equivalent
• Experience utilizing (RF) site survey tools such as Ekahau, RF Scanners and Wireshark packet capture software
• Strong knowledge of layer 2 switching and layer 3 routing protocols; including VLANs, 802.1w, OSPF and VRRP
• Strong knowledge of network security including; 802.1x, MAC Authentication, ACLs, RADIUS and Certificate of Authority (CA)
• Strong knowledge of troubleshooting RF and LAN issues
• Working knowledge of LINUX, MS Server 2013, VMware, etc.
• At least 3 years experience with disaster recovery plan creation / implementation testing or projects
• Experience with penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and vulnerability testing
• Experience with cyber threat information collection and analysis
• Working knowledge of Agile/SCUM project management methodologies

Skills

CWNA Certification

BCNE Certification

RF Site Survey Tools

Wireshark

Linux / Windows

Documentation Skills

Network Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Ekahau

RF Scanners

Wireshark

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain large-scale wired and wireless infrastructure for government projects in Washington, DC, Arlington, VA, and remote locations. The role emphasizes monitoring, security patching, and performance optimization across NPS/CGS networks.

You will interface with state/local government personnel, internal stakeholders, and vendors, while contributing to testing procedures, documentation, and