Senior Network Engineer

Metron Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

9 Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Development Reimbursement

401(k) Traditional and Roth Options

Gym and Fitness Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Metron Inc. seeks a Senior Network Engineer to support enterprise network operations, secure infrastructure, campus connectivity, and hands-on implementation across corporate and secure environments in Reston, VA.

The role is execution-focused, requiring configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining, documenting, and improving network systems while collaborating with architecture, systems, cybersecurity, vendors, and program teams. Occasional after-hours and weekend maintenance is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on enterprise networking experience.
• 5+ years supporting Cisco enterprise networking platforms.
• Experience with switching, routing, VLANs, wireless, VPNs, DNS, firewalls, and network security operations.
• Experience troubleshooting site-to-site VPNs, routing, latency, packet loss, DNS, and service-availability issues.
• Experience supporting secure, classified, regulated, government, defense, or security-controlled infrastructure.
• Experience following formal change-management, testing, backout, and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, firewall, DNS, and secure network infrastructure.
• Execute network changes, switch cutovers, routing updates, firewall changes, and connectivity improvements.
• Support campus, data center, colocation, carrier, ISP, and secure-environment network operations.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cisco platforms

VPN & DNS

Firewalls & security

Site-to-site VPNs

Change management

Team coordination

Tools

Cisco ISE

TACACS+

RADIUS

VMware

Job description

About Metron

Metron is an employee-owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem‑solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real‑world settings.

About Metron

Metron is an employee‑owned company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the most challenging national security problems. For over 40 years, our principled approach to problem‑solving has yielded creative solutions at the intersection of advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Our people are leaders in their technical fields and are passionate about solving challenging problems. We look for individuals who share this same passion and can apply their experience in real‑world settings.

Job Description

Our Reston, VA offices is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support enterprise network operations, secure infrastructure, campus connectivity, and hands‑on implementation across corporate and secure environments.

This is an execution‑focused senior technical role. The Senior Network Engineer will configure, troubleshoot, maintain, document, and improve network systems while working closely with network architecture, systems engineering, cybersecurity, vendors, and program teams.

Occasional after‑hours/weekend maintenance and emergency response required.

Key Responsibilities

Network Operations & Implementation

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, firewall, DNS, and secure network infrastructure.
• Execute network changes, switch cutovers, routing updates, firewall/security changes, and connectivity improvements.
• Support campus, data center, colocation, carrier, ISP, and secure‑environment network operations.

Cisco, VPN & Secure Network Support

• Administer Cisco switching, wireless, security, and related enterprise networking platforms.
• Troubleshoot site‑to‑site VPNs, routing issues, latency, packet loss, DNS behavior, firewall behavior, and service‑connectivity problems.
• Support network access‑control workflows, including Cisco ISE, TACACS+, RADIUS, and device‑administration policies.

Documentation, Change Management & Escalation

• Coordinate Cisco TAC, carrier, ISP, and vendor support cases through resolution.
• Follow formal change‑management practices, including implementation plans, test plans, risk analysis, backout plans, and maintenance‑window coordination.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, change records, implementation notes, operational runbooks, and troubleshooting documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Able to work on‑site in Reston, VA
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Willing and able to work in classified, secure, or compliance‑bounded environments
• Able to support occasional after‑hours and weekend maintenance or emergency response
• 7+ years of hands‑on enterprise networking experience
• 5+ years supporting Cisco enterprise networking platforms
• Experience with switching, routing, VLANs, wireless, VPNs, DNS, firewalls, and network security operations
• Experience troubleshooting site‑to‑site VPNs, routing, latency, packet loss, DNS, and service‑availability issues
• Experience supporting secure, classified, regulated, government, defense, or security‑controlled infrastructure
• Experience following formal change‑management, testing, backout, and documentation practices
• Ability to coordinate across network, systems, cybersecurity, helpdesk, vendor, and program teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Active U.S. security clearance
• Experience with Cisco ISE, TACACS+, RADIUS, or network access‑control policy administration
• Experience with TACLANE, encrypted transport, secure enclave networking, or air‑gapped environments
• Experience with Cisco firewall/security platforms or enterprise firewall policy troubleshooting
• Experience with Active Directory, Entra ID, ADFS, SSO, claims, UPN/email hygiene, or ServiceNow identity integrations
• Working familiarity with virtualization or platform environments such as VMware, Nutanix, Hyper‑V, Linux, storage, or backup systems
• Experience in defense contracting, government programs, CMMC, NIST 800‑171, or other compliance‑driven environment

Position Location: Reston, VA (the selected individual will be expected to work onsite in the Reston, VA office)

Perks and Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Accompanying FSA and HSA options
• Additional Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• 9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Annual Salary Reviews
• Profit Sharing
• 401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
• Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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