Sr. Network Engineer

Ansfederal; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

PTO (Paid Time Off)

401(k) plan with 6% Company Contribution

Flexible Work Schedules

Job summary

Ansfederal is looking for a Sr. Network Engineer to join our team in Denver, CO. This role involves interpreting customer requirements, developing secure network designs, and supervising network support specialists.

The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in network engineering, along with familiarity with Cisco and Juniper technologies. The position offers a competitive salary range from $100,000 to $200,000, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have TS/SCI Poly.
• 16 years of experience required based on education.
• Compliance with DoD 8140 IAT Level 2 required.

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer requirements and document designs.
• Evaluate new technologies in the private test lab.
• Schedule maintenance windows for network migration.
• Provide technical expertise to operations engineers.
• Develop secure network designs.
• Supervise network support specialists.
• Improve design products and processes.

Skills

Network engineering experience

Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)

Cisco, Brocade, Juniper knowledge

Troubleshooting switching networks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cisco switches and routers

Network management tools

Job description

Who we are:

At Applied Network Solutions (ANS), we bring together some of the most curious minds in networking and cybersecurity. ANS was founded to disrupt the status quo. For over 25 years, our team provides expertise in network, system engineering and both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations.

What we do:

Our vision is for a future in which talent and customers alike come to ANS because of our reputation for delivering technical excellence, solving our nation’s toughest challenges and our ability to exceed expectations.

Why ANS:

At ANS we value the integrity of your work. We are looking for the right person to plan, analyze, design, develop, test, secure, integrate, implement, operate, and maintain the custom solutions that ANS delivers. Together, let’s ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

ANS is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to join our team in Denver, CO. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Required for the role:

Our team is completely replacing a global enterprise network while providing design, engineering, and transition for a wide range of customer network requirements. This is a unique and rare opportunity to build and transition critical operations to a modern service provider network architecture.

The job duties are as follows:

• Interpret customer requirements and apply industry standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, ability to brief designs
• Use our private test lab to evaluate new technologies and capabilities, test proposed changes to production networks, and recreate troubleshooting scenarios to support the production enterprise network.
• Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies. Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services.
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively.

Requirements:

• TS/SCI Poly
• Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master’s and 10 years, bachelor’s and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years.
• Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
• Working knowledge of Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper switches and routers
• Proven experience implementing and troubleshooting routing protocols in a production network, OSPF, BGP, 802.1q
• Understanding of DNS
• Proven experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and in a production network, understanding of 802.1q, trunking, experience in a CAN/LAN environment.

Nice to Haves:

• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools applications, and firewalls.
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation. Extensive BGP experience a plus.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge.

What ANS offers:

• Family Medical, Dental (w/ adult orthodontia) and Vision coverage
• Pet Discount Program
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Maternity/ Paternity Leave
• Supplemental Military Leave Pay
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) plan with 6% Company Contribution
• Generous Professional Development Program
• 100% Employer paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 100% Employer paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Whole Life Insurance
• Lucrative Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Allowance for ANS Swag
• Potential for Paid Overtime
• Flexible Work Schedules

The anticipated pay range for this position is $100,000 - $200,000 USD.

Applied Network Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.