Senior Network Engineer - onsite Mechanicsville, VA

Zohorecruit; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VDOT is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to implement and support the agency’s IT Network infrastructure. The Sr NE performs day-to-day activities related to the support, documentation, research, analysis, and implementation of VDOT Network related infrastructure.

Candidate must have in-depth, hands-on knowledge of enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers, with the ability to document topology and IP schemes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, installing, and troubleshooting local- and wide-area enterprise networks.
• Industry-standard networking certification (e.g., Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA) is required or preferred.
• Experience with SDWAN and cloud-networking concepts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure.
• Document topology, IP schemes, and firewall rules as required.
• Collaborate with cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize connectivity and uptime.
• Oversee installation, documentation, and upgrades of network components.

Skills

Enterprise networks

Routers & switches

Firewalls & VPN

SDWAN

Network documentation

IP topology

Education

Networking certification (CCNA / JNCIA)

Tools

Cisco CCNA

Visio

Network monitoring tools

Job description

Mechanicsville, United States | Posted on 09/23/2026

• Actual Job Title 812112 - VDOT Senior Network Engineer
• Job Type FT Contract
• Date Opened 09/23/2026
• Target Date 09/29/2026
• Country United States
• Number of Positions 1

Job Description

VDOT is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer (Sr NE) to implement and provide support to the agency’s IT Network infrastructure. The Sr NE performs day-to-day activities related to the support and documentation of VDOT Network infrastructure.

Job Overview

VDOT is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer (Sr NE) to implement and provide support to the agency’s IT Network infrastructure. The Sr NE performs day-to-day activities related to the support, documentation, research, analysis, and implementation of VDOT Network related infrastructure.

Candidate must have in-depth, considerable knowledge and hands‑on experience understanding, documenting, and maintaining Network related infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Considerable knowledge and working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers (including the ability to document, set up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)
• Be capable of troubleshooting Network related infrastructure.
• Identifies and diagnoses system problems by using line monitors, diagnostic software, test equipment.
• Works closely with agency’s IT infrastructure suppliers and stakeholders to gather requirements, specifications, and configurations to assure they are accurate and up to date.
• Responsible for assisting in troubleshooting and resolving network issues impacting application performance and uptime.
• Assist in overseeing the installation, documentation, and upgrades of various agency facility data network infrastructure.
• Will oversee and collaborate with cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize hybrid connectivity and SDWAN configurations.
• Must have the ability to provide documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, firewall rules, and access controls when required.
• Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects.
• Must have minimally obtained an industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)

Required Skills & Qualifications

Skill

Amount of Experience

• Considerable knowledge and hands‑on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Demonstrated and hands‑on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local‑area and wide‑area enterprise networks.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Considerable direct hands‑on experience e ngineering and design experience in networking industry required.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Required
• N/A
• In-depth experience designing i nstalling and troubleshooting local‑area and wide‑area enterprise networks.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience monitoring IT environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies, and standards.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience creating network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc.
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience with networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, 802.1Q trunking,HSRP, QoS, multicast,IPsec, RADIUS/TACACS+, SNMP,BRI/PRI, MPLS
• Required
• 8+ Years
• Experience working with SDWAN
• Preferred
• 3+ Years
• Experience working with network topology related to Cloud
• Preferred
• 3+ Years
• Familiarity and experience working with cloud networking
• Preferred
• 3+ Years

Requirements

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

• Considerable knowledge and hands‑on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, and wireless access points.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Considerable hands‑on working experience setting up, configuring, upgrading, managing and troubleshooting routers/switches, and WAPS.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Demonstrated and hands‑on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local‑area and wide‑area enterprise networks.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Considerable direct hands‑on experience engineering and design experience in networking industry required.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)
• Required
• In-depth experience designing installing and troubleshooting local‑area and wide‑area enterprise networks.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience monitoring IT environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies, and standards.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience creating network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc.
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience with networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, HSRP, QoS, multicast, IPsec, etc
• Required
• 8
• Years
• Experience working with SDWAN
• Desired
• 3
• Years
• Experience working with network topology related to Cloud
• Desired
• 3
• Years
• Familiarity and experience working with cloud networking
• Desired
• 3
• Years