Technical EngineerFull-time

Ashburn Consulting LLC; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashburn Consulting is seeking a senior on-site Network Engineer to provide hands-on engineering, installation, configuration, and support for Mount Weather EOC Cisco infrastructure. The role emphasizes ICCT-related core/network modernization and lifecycle management under FEMA SOW, with focus on secure and non-secure communications equipment.

Qualified candidates hold a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, current CCNA certification, and 3–5 years of related field experience in networks

Qualifications

• Active final Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility.
• Current CCNA certification; CCNP/CCIE preferred.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, test, troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, networks, and associated infrastructure.
• Support ICCT-related Cisco core/network modernization activities per FEMA SOW.
• Perform lifecycle/configuration-management, maintain baselines, change records, and logs.
• Operate and troubleshoot secure/non-secure communications equipment and IP transport.
• Use vendor tools and test equipment to isolate faults and restore service.
• Support integration, testing, and operational-readiness activities.
• Provide input to engineering analyses, BOMs, DHS EA/TRM, and IPv6 compliance artifacts.
• Assist with exercises, deployments, site surveys, and after-hours changes.

Skills

3–5 years hands-on network engineering

Ability to read technical diagrams

On-site field engineering

Documentation and change records

Education

CCNA certification

Bachelor's degree preferred

CCNP or CCIE (preferred)

Tools

Cisco routers

Cisco switches

Job description

Company Description

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized and highly regarded within the network and security communities.

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized and highly regarded within the network and security communities.

Job Description

Provide on-site, hands‑on engineering, installation, configuration, integration, testing, maintenance, and restoration support for continuity-communications and associated Cisco network infrastructure at Mount Weather EOC. The anticipated focus communicated by the prime includes ICCT-related Cisco core/network work, together with lifecycle, configuration-management, operational-readiness, and field-support responsibilities under the FEMA SOW.

• Install, configure, test, troubleshoot, optimize, maintain, and document Cisco routing, switching, network services, attached servers, and telecommunications-system interfaces.
• Support anticipated ICCT-related Cisco core/network modernization activities at Mount Weather, including discovery, site validation, configuration development, staging, implementation, migration, testing, rollback planning, and post-change validation as directed.
• Perform lifecycle and configuration-management activities, maintain approved baselines, prepare change requests and implementation plans, and update diagrams, port maps, inventory, test results, maintenance logs, and operating procedures.
• Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, repair or replace secure and non-secure communications equipment and associated IP transport, potentially including HF, VHF/UHF LMR, SATCOM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, telephone, satellite telephone, fax, antennas, repeaters, and control equipment.
• Use approved vendor configuration/programming tools and network, RF, and electronic test equipment to isolate faults and restore service.
• Support integration, prototype, user‑acceptance, performance, operational‑readiness, continuity, and restoration testing.
• Provide technical input to engineering analyses, bills of material, acquisition documentation, DHS EA/TRM and IPv6 compliance artifacts, vulnerability remediation, and technology evaluations.
• Support exercises, deployments, training, site surveys, after‑hours changes, and incident restoration at Mount Weather and other directed sites.

Qualifications

• Active final Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility; willingness to undergo FSO verification and DHS suitability processing.
• Current CCNA certification, verifiable at the time of candidate submission.
• Three to five years of hands‑on network, telecommunications, field engineering, RF/SATCOM, systems‑integration, or closely related experience.
• Demonstrated experience installing, configuring, testing, and troubleshooting Cisco routers, switches, networks, or associated infrastructure.
• Ability to read technical diagrams and schematics; maintain accurate configurations, change records, test results, and maintenance documentation.
• Ability to work full‑time on site at Mount Weather EOC in Bluemont, Virginia and support scheduled after‑hours changes, exercises, outages, or travel when required.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to comply with classified‑facility, badging, nondisclosure, and information‑protection requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current CCNP or CCIE in addition to a verifiable current CCNA.
• Cisco core refresh, data‑center or campus‑network migration, Catalyst/Nexus/ISR/ASR, high availability, routing, switching, network‑management, cabling, and implementation experience.
• Prior Mount Weather, FEMA, DHS, DoD, continuity‑of‑government, emergency‑management, public‑safety, or other classified‑site experience.
• ICCT or comparable integrated continuity‑communications experience.
• HF‑ALE, HF/VHF/UHF LMR, SATCOM, antennas, repeaters, encryption devices, secure voice, RF test equipment, cable fabrication, or field‑service experience.
• DHS SELC, configuration/change management, DHS EA/TRM, IPv6, technical evaluation, test‑and‑evaluation, or operational‑readiness experience.

Additional Information

• Active final Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility; current TS/SCI strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant work experience may substitute

Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting, please e‑mail [e-mail].