Senior Network Engineer - Government Infrastructure & Security

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Lochearn (MD); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks an experienced Network Engineer to evaluate, enhance, and maintain a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure for a government-focused project in Maryland.

You will design, implement, and optimize network services, work with state/local personnel and vendors, and ensure testing, vulnerability assessments, and quality assurance are performed to support reliable operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline required.
• Strong documentation skills including updating JIRA Tickets, Wiki Pages and Network Diagrams.
• CWNA Certification or equivalent, BCNE Certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Operate and manage NPS network infrastructure.
• Improve infrastructure monitoring and reporting capabilities with network management software.
• Develop, maintain and deliver infrastructure documentation for the NPS network.
• Review best practices and provide recommendations for architecture and operation.
• Administer Cloudpath onboarding, monitor wireless health, apply patches and updates 0800–1700 PST, Mon–Fri.
• Assess network infrastructure and recommend improvements.
• Define and conduct testing for new infrastructure projects.
• Implement technology solutions within the NPS environment.
• Provide design guidance and knowledge transfer to NPS resources.

Skills

Documentation skills

End-user communication

Disaster recovery planning

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/CS/IS

Master’s Degree in Engineering/CS/IS

CWNA Certification or equivalent

BCNE Certification or equivalent

Tools

Ekahau RF site survey

RF Scanners

Wireshark

Linux

MS Server 2013

VMware

JIRA

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks an experienced Network Engineer to evaluate, enhance, and maintain a large-scale wired and wireless network infrastructure for a government-focused project in Maryland.

You will design, implement, and optimize network services, work with state/local personnel and vendors, and ensure testing, vulnerability assessments, and quality assurance are performed to support reliable operations.