Senior Network Architect & Security Lead (Govt Infra)

CGS Federal; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to lead evaluation, design, and deployment of a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure for government clients. You will interface with state and local personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to implement secure, testable network solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture review, patch management, documentation, and hands-on troubleshooting in a compliance-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• CWNA and BCNE certifications or equivalent.
• Experience with RF site survey tools and Wireshark.
• Strong knowledge of L2/L3 networking, VLANs, OSPF, VRRP.
• Security-focused with 802.1x, RADIUS, ACLs and CA concepts.
• Experience with Linux, Windows Server, VMware.
• Disaster recovery planning and testing experience.
• Agile/Scrum project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate and manage large-scale wired/wireless network infrastructure.
• Improve monitoring and reporting via network management software.
• Create and maintain network documentation (diagrams, Jira/Wiki).
• Review best practices; recommend architecture and operations improvements.
• Administer Cloudpath onboarding; monitor wireless health and apply patches.
• Assess network infrastructure and propose optimizations.
• Define testing procedures for new infrastructure projects.
• Implement solutions within the NPS network environment and provide design guidance.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer to NPS resources.

Skills

CWNA Certification

BCNE Certification

RF site survey tools (Ekahau, RF Scann

Wireshark packet capture

Layer 2/3 networking (VLANs, OSPF, VRR

Network security (802.1x, RADIUS, ACLs

Linux / Windows Server / VMware

Disaster recovery planning & testing

Agile/Scrum project management

Documentation & Jira/Wiki maintenance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/CS/Info Systems

Master’s Degree in Engineering/CS/Info Systems

Tools

Linux

MS Server 2013

VMware

Job description

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to lead evaluation, design, and deployment of a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure for government clients. You will interface with state and local personnel, stakeholders, and vendors to implement secure, testable network solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture review, patch management, documentation, and hands-on troubleshooting in a compliance-driven environment.