Senior Network Integration Engineer - SD-WAN & Automation

Jobtailor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Network Integration Engineer to design, deploy, and validate enterprise network solutions in federal environments. You will integrate routers, switches, firewalls and SD-WAN components, conducting lab validation and field deployment at scale.

You will lead on-site installations, maintain secure baselines per RMF and C5I, and drive automation with Ansible and Python to create repeatable, documented deployment processes across multi-site builds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 7–10+ years of network engineering and integration experience in federal environments.
• Experience with enterprise deployments, multi-vendor integration, BGP/OSPF, Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco platforms, and firewalls.
• Experience with troubleshooting and automation tools (Ansible, Python).
• Active Secret clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 compliance - CompTIA Security+ certification minimum.
• Experience with rack elevation planning, physical equipment installation, and staging environments.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Network Integration Engineer integrates, configures, tests, and deploys enterprise network solutions across federal environments.
• This role validates solutions in lab environments and ensures reliable deployment in the field, bridging architecture and execution at scale, including physical build and staging of network equipment.
• Support enterprise SD-WAN, Cisco ISE identity services, automation, and orchestration initiatives.
• Integrate and configure routers, switches, firewalls, and SD-WAN components.
• Execute deployment plans across cutter and shore-based units.
• Implement and support Cisco SD-WAN technologies (vManage, vSmart, vEdge/cEdge).
• Build and validate solutions in SD-WAN labs and C5I integration environments.
• Identify and resolve integration issues prior to deployment.
• Support on-site installation, cutovers, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Ensure compliance with RMF and C5I security policies; maintain secure baselines.
• Support automation through Ansible and Python; develop templates and repeatable processes.
• Maintain documentation, integration procedures, and as-built artifacts.
• Rack Build and Staging Plan rack elevations and physical layout for network equipment, and confirm receipt of Cisco, Arista, and other equipment against shipping manifests, reporting discrepancies or damage.
• Rack, stack, and cable network equipment per approved elevation and cabling standards, coordinating staging schedules across multiple site builds to support rollout timelines.
• Load approved network operating system images and apply customer-provided configurations in controlled lab and staging environments.
• Support development, testing, and customer approval of a standardized golden rack, and validate all subsequent rack builds against that approved standard prior to shipment.
• Perform network integration testing and validation, including Layer 1/2/3 connectivity, device reachability, routing, and management access.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, configuration, and integration issues identified during staging and pre-deployment testing.
• Support repeatable build processes and Python/Ansible automation for equipment provisioning, configuration, and validation.
• Maintain rack-level build records, test results, configuration artifacts, and deployment documentation.
• Apply DISA STIGs and DoD-approved security baselines to network device configurations during staging, prior to golden rack approval.
• Validate staged equipment against RMF control requirements and document compliance status as part of build acceptance.
• Support vulnerability scanning and remediation of staged network equipment prior to shipment.

Skills

Network Engineering

BGP/OSPF

Cisco SD-WAN

Ansible Automation

Python

Security Clearance (Active Secret)

DoD 8570/8140 Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or Engineering

Tools

Cisco ISE

VManage

VSmart

VEdge/cEdge

Ansible

Python

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Network Integration Engineer to design, deploy, and validate enterprise network solutions in federal environments. You will integrate routers, switches, firewalls and SD-WAN components, conducting lab validation and field deployment at scale.

You will lead on-site installations, maintain secure baselines per RMF and C5I, and drive automation with Ansible and Python to create repeatable, documented deployment processes across multi-site builds.