Sr. Network Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

By Light Professional IT Services LLC is seeking a network engineering professional for MacDill AFB, FL, supporting GSM-O II and JCSE. The role focuses on new capability requirements, system assessments, and hands-on engineering for secure, scalable networks.

You will deliver Tier III support, cybersecurity mitigations, and design solutions aligned with DoD standards while collaborating with federal customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a related field with 4–8 years of relevant experience.
• Current DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+, CCNA Security, CySA+).
• CCNP Enterprise certification.

Responsibilities

• Providing Tier III routing and switching support with hands-on experience designing, testing, and implementing IGP/EGP/MPLS/VRF/NFV on an enterprise network.
• Optimizing end-to-end network performance from LAN to WAN to CAN and data center.
• Assisting government customers with deriving design objectives, specs, performance requirements, and interoperability specs.
• Ensuring system design adheres to DoD standards, RMF cybersecurity requirements, and best practices.
• Developing presentations for stakeholders outlining gaps, requirements, objectives, and architecture.
• Creating and updating briefs, papers, and spreadsheets to meet customer needs.
• Providing analyses showing how requirements will be met during design, test, and deployment of initial capabilities.

Skills

DoD 8140 IAT Level II cert

CCNP Enterprise

Education

BS Degree

Job description

Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Position Overview

This position is located at MacDill AFB, FL supports the Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSM-O II), Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). The JCSE team provides en-route, early entry, scalable C4 support to Regional Combatant Commands, Special Operations Command, and other agencies.

In this role, you will be responsible for new capability requirements and design, system assessments, and providing hands-on engineering support. Key elements of this position include: conducting analysis and assessments on new emerging technologies; developing and recommending functional design solutions to meet stakeholder requirements; providing Tier III support to the Joint Network Operations Center (JNOC); developing, engineering, and recommending hardware and software solutions; and conducting cybersecurity mitigations on design solutions to comply with Risk Management Framework (RMF) cybersecurity requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing Tier III routing and switching support with hands on experience designing, testing, and implementing IGP, EGP, MPLS, VRF, and NFV/Service Chaining on an enterprise network to meet security, performance, operational, and functional requirements.


• Ensuring proper routing protocols are being applied to optimize the end-to-end network performance from the Local Area Network (LAN) through a Wide Area Network (WAN), to a Campus Area Network (CAN), to a Storage Area Network (SAN), or data center.


• Assisting the government customer with identifying any derived design objectives, technical specifications, performance requirements, and interoperability specifications to ensure the system design will meet stakeholder end-to-end requirements.


• Ensure the system design adheres to industry standards, DOD standards, DOD policies, DOD instructions, DOD directives, cybersecurity policies, and best commercial practices.


• Develop presentations to stakeholders articulating the gaps, requirements, objectives, functional and solution architecture.


• Develop, review, and update briefings, papers, and/or spreadsheets to meet customer requirements.


• Provide analysis for how the operational, functional, and performance requirements will be met as part of the system design, test, and implementation of initial capabilities.

Required Experience/Qualifications

• BS Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 2-6 years of relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.


• Current DoD 8140 (formerly 8570) IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ce, CCNA Security, CySA+, etc.)


• CCNP Enterprise certification

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

• Active Secret clearance required