Network Design Engineer

Location: McLean, VA, US; Hanover, MD, US; or remote within the US with travel. Travel of up to 30% is required for CONUS deployments.

Annual base salary: $125,000–$165,000.

Company

hirify.global provides technology, systems engineering, IT services, and communications support to defense, civilian, and commercial customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense and federal agencies.

What you will do

• Design and document MILDEP campus area networks for the U.S. Army Comprehensive Modernization program.
• Develop engineering assessments, network configurations, upgrade plans, cutover plans, and technical documentation.
• Review work products for correctness, design compliance, customer standards, and schedule progress.
• Coordinate with project and program managers, lead engineers, technical resources, colleagues, and end-user representatives.
• Prepare milestone reports, presentations, site-specific reports, and engineering drawings for Government review and approval.
• Support staging, pre-configuration, cutovers, documentation, and system testing across NIPR, SIPR, Wi-Fi, VoIP, and related infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and at least 10 years of experience in a similar role.
• Cisco CCNA certification.
• Experience designing and configuring Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, including spanning tree, software-defined networking, VLANs, VNIs, VXLANs, and VRFs.
• Experience with Cisco equipment and U.S. Army engineering processes and standards.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to deliver products on or ahead of schedule.
• Active Secret clearance or higher is required.

Nice to have

• Cisco CCNP or CCDP certification.
• Passive Optical Networking experience.
• Familiarity with Juniper equipment, network management, Cisco Prime, IT PIE, and U.S. Army network design standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports U.S. Army network modernization and federal agency technology programs.
• Collaboration with project managers, lead engineers, technical resources, and end users.
• Employees receive access to an extensive selection of benefits and offerings.