Senior Lead Network Engineer - Large-Scale Wireless/Wired Infra

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to evaluate, design, and implement a comprehensive network infrastructure across wired and wireless domains. The role interfaces with state/local personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, tested, and scalable solutions.

The position emphasizes architecture guidance, disaster recovery, vulnerability testing, and quality assurance, with an emphasis on network security and documented processes across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, 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.
• 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

NPS network infra

Network monitoring

Documentation

Network architecture

Cloudpath onboarding

NPS assessment

Testing procedures

Network solutions

Design guidance

Knowledge transfer

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Engineering/CS/Info systems)

Master’s degree (Engineering/CS/Info systems)

Tools

CWNA Certification

BCNE Certification

Ekahau

RF Scanners

Wireshark

Linux

VMware

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to evaluate, design, and implement a comprehensive network infrastructure across wired and wireless domains. The role interfaces with state/local personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, tested, and scalable solutions.

The position emphasizes architecture guidance, disaster recovery, vulnerability testing, and quality assurance, with an emphasis on network security and documented processes across the