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We are seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Network Engineer (Campus Area Network/Local Area Network (CAN/LAN)) to support our government customer’s global enterprise networks out of our Chantilly, VA office. The CAN/LAN service network architecture provides solutions for modernizing network components while supporting service delivery for customer requirements in a mission-focused operational enterprise. 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. Duties: • Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents. • 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. • Although this position is focused on CAN/LAN, this opportunity offers the ability to learn and work on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Networks (WANs). Basic Qualifications: Principal Network Engineer: BS + 5 years of exp: MS + 3 years of exp; PhD + 0 years of exp; or 9 years of related experience in lieu of degree Sr. Principal Network Engineer: BS + 8 years of exp; MS + 6 years of exp; PhD + 3 years of exp; or 12 years of related experience in lieu of degree Active TS/SCI with CI Poly at the time of application. 8570 / IAT level 2 or higher certification
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