Senior Network Engineer - TS/SCI, Onsite Bethesda

VMD Corp; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions in Bethesda, MD seeks a Senior Network Engineer (TS/SCI) to lead design, implementation, and sustainment of mission-critical data center networks. You will coordinate LAN/WAN infrastructure, manage Cisco ACI environments, and drive security- and reliability-focused initiatives across on-prem and cloud environments.

The role requires DoD 8140/8570.11-IAT Level II or equivalent certification, DoD citizenship, and strong leadership in cross-functional teams. On-site in Bethesda.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Design, implement, and maintain data center network architectures with focus on scalability, redundancy, security.
• Hands-on with Cisco ACI, Nexus, Catalyst platforms; monitor and troubleshoot.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and sustain highly available, secure data center networks.
• Lead planning and integration of LAN/WAN infra across on-prem and cloud.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco devices, firewalls, load balancers; optimize performance.
• Monitor network health using ServiceNow, SolarWinds, NetBox, PRTG.
• Provide leadership in incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Develop contingency plans for outages and maintenance events.
• Oversee standards for cabling, patching, wiring, and data center ops.
• Collaborate with IT, Cybersecurity, and application teams on projects.

Skills

Cisco ACI

Nexus & Catalyst

TCP/IP/DNS/DHCP

OSPF/BGP/VLANs

Network security

WAN/LAN design

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

NetBox

PRTG

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Cisco ACI

Nexus/Catalyst

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

NetBox

PRTG

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions in Bethesda, MD seeks a Senior Network Engineer (TS/SCI) to lead design, implementation, and sustainment of mission-critical data center networks. You will coordinate LAN/WAN infrastructure, manage Cisco ACI environments, and drive security- and reliability-focused initiatives across on-prem and cloud environments.

The role requires DoD 8140/8570.11-IAT Level II or equivalent certification, DoD citizenship, and strong leadership in cross-functional teams. On-site in Bethesda.