Network Engineer (Gov't Tech)

Location: Hybrid position requiring work in Washington, DC three days per week; United States citizenship and an active Public Trust or higher clearance are required. Limited travel of less than 5% and rotating off-hours responsibilities are required.

Salary: $165,000–$174,000–$183,000 annually.

Company

Professional services organization providing consulting, technology, and compliance solutions to public and private sector clients across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

What you will do

• Design, configure, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, data-center, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Work with Azure, data-center platforms, virtualization, SD-WAN, software-defined networking, and migration initiatives.
• Troubleshoot complex connectivity and infrastructure incidents, perform break/fix support, and conduct root cause analysis.
• Manage routing and switching platforms, firewalls, VPNs, Cisco ACI, Cisco ISE, system upgrades, patching, backups, and security configuration.
• Collaborate with clients and project teams on solution design, presentations, documentation, regulatory compliance, and operational processes.
• Document architectures, transfer knowledge, mentor staff, evaluate new technologies, and track Cisco and Microsoft 365 capabilities.

Requirements

• United States citizenship and an active Public Trust or higher clearance are required.
• Availability to work in Washington, DC three days per week, including rotating off-hours responsibilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or information technology, or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years of experience supporting network infrastructure projects in complex, multi-vendor environments.
• CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE Data Center Routing and Switching certification, plus CompTIA Security+.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching, Cisco ACI, Azure or other cloud networking, SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, virtualization, load balancing, network security, ITIL, and federal regulatory compliance.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS, OpenStack, VMware, NSX, Cisco UC, Microsoft Teams VoIP, Zscaler ZIA and ZPA.
• Experience with SAFe Agile, Jira, Confluence, STIGs, SRGs, and system hardening.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative professional-services environment focused on growth, practical solutions, and client impact.
• Flexible work arrangements and flexible time off available from the first day for eligible full-time employees.
• Health, dental, vision, life, accident, disability, and pet insurance options, plus HSA contributions.
• Paid holidays, parental bonding leave, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and 401(k) employer contributions.
• Employee and client referral bonuses, plus paid volunteer time through the company community program.