Senior Network Engineer: WAN, SD-WAN & Wireless

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Paid holidays

Benefits package

Job summary

Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) in Oklahoma City is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and support advanced enterprise network solutions with a focus on WAN connectivity, wireless mesh, and architectural standards.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience, strong routing knowledge, and experience with SD-WAN and cloud networking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, information services, engineering or related field and 5+ years enterprise network engineering.
• Experience with WAN technologies and SD-WAN platforms.
• Strong routing protocol knowledge (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP) and QoS.
• Experience with cloud networking (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and hybrid connectivity.
• CCNP/JNCIP or equivalent professional-level experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and optimize enterprise WAN solutions including MPLS, broadband, LTE/5G, and SD-WAN.
• Lead deployment and tuning of wireless mesh networks with node placement and RF optimization.
• Collaborate with network architects to shape long-term strategy and reference architectures.
• Implement and maintain routing technologies such as OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and dynamic path selection.
• Support secure remote access, VPN architectures, and hybrid connectivity.
• Provide Tier 3/4 escalation support for complex WAN and wireless issues.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation and after-hours production support as needed.
• Conduct capacity planning, performance analysis, and resiliency testing across WAN and mesh.
• Develop and maintain network documentation and topology diagrams.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to enforce segmentation and zero trust controls.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to operational best practices.

Skills

WAN technologies

SD-WAN

Wireless mesh networks

Routing protocols

Security networking

Cloud networking

Network automation

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cisco

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Aruba

Juniper Mist

Cambium

Azure

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) in Oklahoma City is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and support advanced enterprise network solutions with a focus on WAN connectivity, wireless mesh, and architectural standards.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience, strong routing knowledge, and experience with SD-WAN and cloud networking.