Senior Lead Network Engineer: Wireless & Wired Infra

CGS Federal; Towson (MD); 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 in Towson, MD is seeking a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to lead and optimize a large-scale, wired and wireless network infrastructure for a government-focused project.

The role involves evaluating current networks, designing new architectures, implementing configurations, ensuring security, and coordinating with government staff, vendors, and internal teams to deliver reliable network services.

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
• 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
• Additional Industry certifications/licences

Responsibilities

• Operate and manage the network infrastructure for the CGS project.
• Develop, maintain and deliver infrastructure documentation relating to the network infrastructure.
• 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 network infrastructure and make recommendations on improvement and optimization.
• Define and conduct testing procedures for new infrastructure projects.
• Implement technology solutions within the CGS network environment.
• Provide design guidance on network solutions within CGS infrastructure projects.
• Provide informal training and knowledge transfer to CGS resources on best practices and theory of operation relating to network products.

Skills

Documentation

Communication

Disaster recovery

Agile/Scrum

Penetration testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Info systems

Master’s degree in Engineering/CS/Info systems

Tools

Ekahau

Wireshark

RF Scanners

Linux

VMware

JIRA

Job description

CGS Federal in Towson, MD is seeking a Senior Lead Network Engineer II to lead and optimize a large-scale, wired and wireless network infrastructure for a government-focused project.

The role involves evaluating current networks, designing new architectures, implementing configurations, ensuring security, and coordinating with government staff, vendors, and internal teams to deliver reliable network services.