Senior Lead Network Engineer II | Security-Cleared

CGS Federal; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to lead a large-scale network project across wired and wireless environments. The role focuses on evaluating current networks, designing an integrated infrastructure, and coordinating with state and local government stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams.

You will drive testing, security patches, and knowledge transfer while aligning with government requirements and quality assurance standards.

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.

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.
• 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

Networking expertise

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Ekahau

Wireshark

Job description

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to lead a large-scale network project across wired and wireless environments. The role focuses on evaluating current networks, designing an integrated infrastructure, and coordinating with state and local government stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams.

You will drive testing, security patches, and knowledge transfer while aligning with government requirements and quality assurance standards.