Senior Lead Network Architect - Wireless & Wired

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

6 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision
Life Insurance
401k
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to join a team evaluating, enhancing, and maintaining a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure and related software/hardware.

The role involves designing and implementing a unified network for NPS environments, coordinating testing, vulnerability assessments, and QA, and collaborating with state/local government personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

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.
  • Ability to communicate with end users, cross-organizational staff and technical assistance center.
  • 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.
  • A Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or a related discipline
  • At least 3 years experience with disaster recovery plan creation / implementation testing or projects
  • Experience with penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and vulnerability testingExperience with cyber threat information collection and analysis
  • Working knowledge of Agile/SCUM project management methodologies
  • Additional Industry certifications/licences

Responsibilities

  • Operate and manage NPS network infrastructure.
  • Improve infrastructure monitoring and reporting capabilities based on the deployment of network management software.
  • Develop, maintain and deliver infrastructure documentation relating to the network infrastructure within the NPS environment.
  • Review current best practices and provide recommendations for architecture, design, management and operation of the network infrastructure.
  • Administration of the Cloudpath onboarding process, monitoring and troubleshooting of wireless network health, maintenance of wireless network infrastructure, implementation of network security patches and software/firmware updates, from 0800 to 1700 PST, Monday-Friday.
  • Assess the NPS network infrastructure and make recommendations on improvement and optimization.
  • Define and conduct testing procedures for new infrastructure projects.
  • Implement technology solutions within the NPS network environment.
  • Provide design guidance on network solutions within NPS infrastructure projects.
  • Provide informal training and knowledge transfer to NPS resources on best practices and theory of operation relating to network products

Skills

Documentation
Communication
CWNA Certification
BCNE Certification
RF Site Survey Tools
OSPF/VRRP knowledge
Network Security
Linux/Windows/VMware
Agile/SCUM

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/CS/Information Systems
Master’s Degree in Engineering/CS/Information Systems

Tools

Ekahau
RF Scanners
Wireshark
Linux
MS Server 2013
VMware

Job description

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to join a team evaluating, enhancing, and maintaining a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure and related software/hardware.

The role involves designing and implementing a unified network for NPS environments, coordinating testing, vulnerability assessments, and QA, and collaborating with state/local government personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

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