Senior Network Watch Engineer

Location: Washington, DC; on-site. Requires travel to other sites and up to 25% CONUS travel.

Salary: $85,266.30–$201,737.68 per year.

Company

Provides advanced software and systems engineering solutions for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community.

What you will do

• Provide Tier 3 network engineering and operations support across enterprise locations.
• Design, implement, install, troubleshoot, and optimize network solutions.
• Develop deployment documentation and facilitate engineering design activities.
• Research and test new technologies for performance and interoperability.
• Resolve complex network issues independently and collaboratively while supporting multi-site network administration.
• Travel to other sites and perform physical network installation tasks, including moving equipment.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a polygraph before starting.
• IAT Level II certification, such as CompTIA Security+, and CCNA certification.
• GED plus 9 years, Associate’s degree plus 7 years, Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years, or Master’s degree plus 3 years of relevant education and experience.
• Experience with network engineering, design, implementation, troubleshooting, and operations.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively on complex technical problems.
• Ability to travel to other sites for network operations and administration.
• Ability to perform physical tasks associated with network installations, including unpacking and moving network equipment.
• Ability to support up to 25% CONUS travel.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale network operations across geographically dispersed or remote locations.
• Experience independently performing network engineering, maintenance, troubleshooting, and problem resolution in remote locations with minimal or intermittent support.
• Experience with network technology upgrades, installations, technical refresh projects, and new or enhanced network implementations.
• Experience conducting site surveys and engineering design data calls.
• Experience developing Network Operations SOPs and technical resolution reports for critical outages.
• Experience with incident analysis, root cause analysis, and problem resolution across enterprise network environments.
• Experience provisioning and troubleshooting routers, switches, and cryptographic devices using administrative access.
• Experience reviewing and implementing DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical insurance with company cost sharing for employees and dependents.
• Company-paid dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting.
• Paid leave and holidays, life and AD&D insurance.
• Tuition and training reimbursement.