Sr Network Engineer
On-siteNorth Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Conduct enterprise network engineering, troubleshooting, and sustainment support for mission-critical DoD environments in North Charleston, SC, with emphasis on Cisco infrastructure. Perform configuration analysis, change implementation, technical documentation, and incident resolution across routing, switching, transport, VPN, and enclave connectivity. Coordinate with government customers, cybersecurity teams, and operations personnel to ensure operational compliance and modernization. Requires active DoD Secret clearance at start with Top Secret eligibility, U.S. citizenship, and eight years of Naval network experience. Filling this position is contingent upon funding.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. citizenship
- Active DoD Secret clearance at start, ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline
- Eight or more years of experience supporting Naval networks in a C4I or similar environment
- Significant experience supporting enterprise network environments, preferably in mission critical DoD or government operational settings
- Hands on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including routing, switching, configuration, troubleshooting, and sustainment
- Experience with advanced routing and enterprise network technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IS IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, EVPN/VXLAN, QoS, VPN, and high availability network architectures
- Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity requirements, STIG implementation, vulnerability remediation, RMF support, and operational compliance processes
- Experience supporting network operations, incident troubleshooting, change implementation, configuration management, and technical documentation
- Ability to work onsite in North Charleston, SC
- Ability to travel up to 10 percent
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
- Ability to qualify for CSWF / DoD 8140 IAT Level II
- Security+ CE or equivalent IAT II certification
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant Marine Corps network experience
- Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or other relevant Cisco professional certifications
- Experience supporting Navy C4I, Fleet communications, tactical networks, shore side network infrastructure, or similar Naval operational environments
- Experience with TACLANE devices, COMSEC controlled network equipment, or secure Type 1 encryption environments
- Experience with SD WAN, network automation, configuration automation, scripting, orchestration, or other tools used to improve network deployment, monitoring, and sustainment
- Experience with Cisco firewalls, Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA Center, network monitoring platforms, and secure network access control
- Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or other network security and transport technologies used in mixed vendor enterprise environments
- Experience supporting NIPR, SIPR, coalition, or multi enclave network environments
- Experience developing network diagrams, configuration guides, deployment plans, site survey documentation, implementation plans, and sustainment handoff materials
- Experience supporting formal change control, maintenance windows, installation readiness reviews, test events, and post implementation validation (PITCO, SOVT, Engineering Design Reviews, etc)
- Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor while coordinating effectively across engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and customer teams
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