Senior Network Engineer/Architect
Jcs Solutions Llc
Mount Vernon, VA
Grow, innovate, and generate progress: Harness your expertise to solve challenges and celebrate success! Job Summary: JCS Solutions has a need for a Senior Network Engineer/Architect with subject matter expertise to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations. This position offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a high-performing team responsible for supporting a high-velocity collaborative environment, along with tremendous growth potential. If you are interested in a challenge and a great working environment, apply today! What’s in it for you:
The specific duties include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
- Join a premier technology firm specializing in innovative solutions.
- Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work culture.
- Enjoy tremendous growth potential in a high-performing team environment.
- A robust benefits package:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-and-long term disability
- Paid time off (PTO)
- 401k retirement plan with employer match
- Annual Professional Development Reimbursement Program
- And more!
The specific duties include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
- Supports design of a new, modernized updated and upgraded capabilities for DTRA.
- Responsible for tech requirement definition, feasibility studies, pilot projects and implementations plans, as well as diagnosing and troubleshooting outages, monitoring networks, infrastructure and systems, and proving proactive mitigation strategies.
- Work with Cloud native SDN and Software Defined Access and EVPN for on-premise application.
- Plan and design secure network solutions to consolidate connectivity services under an enterprise service.
- Design secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and COI transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements.
- Provide secure access solutions leveraging wired and wireless technologies, integrating standards, use cases/scenarios, and develop associated implementation and transition plans.
- Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall design of solutions.
- Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards.
- Identify legacy service paths (i.e. dataflow, firewall rulesets, and ACLs) and develop strategies and designs for the to-be enterprise service capability to meet requirements while balancing security, sustainability, and maintainability.
- Support development of IP addressing schemes across IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
- Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with providing accreditation artifacts.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must.
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
- Must be a US Citizen
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (preferred) with 12-15 years' experience or Master's degree with 10-13 years of experience (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree).
- Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNP (comparable vender certification accepted upon review) with CCIE preferred.
- Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start. Must have broad exposure to common IT infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, Dual stack IPv4/IPv6, IPSec, VPN, , and Firewalls Micro-segmentation
- Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet.
- Experience with SD-WAN solutions, with Dell Versa preferred
- Experience working with Azure and AWS cloud networking
- Experience working with automation tools, such as Ansible, Python scripting, CI/CD pipeline, Terraform to build an Infrastructure as Code framework
- Experience working with AAA servers, such as Cisco ISE or Aruba Clearpass, and endpoint posturing.
- Experience working with Enterprise Wireless
- Familiarity with Type 1 encryptors
- Familiarity with Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC)
- Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, PowerPoint, Gliffy, Cameo, MagicDraw) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of I/T applications and infrastructure
- Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues.
- Experience conducting site surveys or analyzing data obtained from site surveys.
- Experience creating or executing a migration plan to move circuits, network traffic, services, applications, or data between environments or to a commercial cloud provider. Alternatively, experience planning or executing a technology refresh or lifecycle refresh of an existing I/T system.
- Demonstrate experience in designing and implementing medium to large network infrastructure and producing corresponding technical documentation.
- Must be able to work as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This shall include drafting SOPs and technical documentation.
- Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership (internally or client) regarding matters of significant important to the organization/project.
- Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals.
- Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent.
- Demonstrate experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as SolarWinds, Cisco Catalyst Center, Ansible, Cisco ISE, JIRA/Confluence
- Hands on experience with WAN, LAN, Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, EVPN, SDWAN, telecommunications and circuits
- Demonstrate expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically enterprise networks.
- Expert knowledge of DoD security requirements for network infrastructure.
- Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation.
- Reporting and Business Applications: Power BI, SharePoint
- Experience providing technical leadership and oversight of teams of junior, intermediate, and senior Engineers
- Customer Experience: Strive for excellence and delight our clients
- Innovation: Embrace creative thinking to enable continual growth and powerful solutions
- Accountability: Take ownership of and pride in our actions and service delivery
- Inspire: Be inspired to be your best self and have fun in the process
- Integrity: Do the right thing, the right way, every time!
- Stewardship: Careful management of something entrusted to us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Posted 2025-09-22
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