Senior Lead Network Engineer for Government IT Infra

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Miami (FL); On-site; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to join a team responsible for evaluating, enhancing, and maintaining a large-scale government network project in Miami, Florida. The role involves designing infrastructure, implementing wireless and wired networks, and coordinating with state and local agencies, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

You will lead network architecture decisions, oversee security patches, and ensure testing, documentation, and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or 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.
• 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.
• 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

Network infrastructure

Network monitoring

Documentation

Wireless networks

Security patches

Testing procedures

Vendor liaison

Linux

VMware

CWNA

BCNE

RF site surveys

OSPF

VLANS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

JIRA

Wiki

Ekahau

Wireshark

RF Scanners

Virtual Machines

Kubernetes

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to join a team responsible for evaluating, enhancing, and maintaining a large-scale government network project in Miami, Florida. The role involves designing infrastructure, implementing wireless and wired networks, and coordinating with state and local agencies, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

You will lead network architecture decisions, oversee security patches, and ensure testing, documentation, and quality