Network Engineer Level III

Ashburn is seeking a Network Engineer Level III to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This Key Personnel role will provide senior wireless network and security engineering expertise with emphasis on Cisco wireless infrastructure secure network operations continuous visibility security product integration and advanced enterprise network engineering for a proposal opportunity.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design deploy troubleshoot and optimize secure wireless LAN solutions.
• Support Cisco wireless Cisco ISE MSE WLC Prime and AnyConnect environments.
• Implement secure guest wireless and BYOD solutions.
• Integrate network security tools to support visibility monitoring access control and enforcement.
• Troubleshoot complex LAN WAN and wireless issues.
• Support network performance availability and security for mission-critical environments.
• Develop and review secure network configurations diagrams procedures and technical documentation.
• Support enterprise architecture design reviews engineering meetings change management and security posture improvement efforts.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

• Candidates must be U.S. citizens.
• Candidates must be willing and able to work as Ashburn W-2 employees. 1099 and corp-to-corp arrangements are not permitted for these roles.
• DHS EOD / suitability is required for clerance.
• 10 years of experience designing deploying troubleshooting and optimizing Wireless LAN systems for Government or similarly complex enterprise environments.
• Experience addressing Radio Frequency (RF) shared-medium challenges.
• Experience ensuring robust wireless network performance and implementing security best practices aligned to Federal standards.
• Subject Matter Expert-level experience with Cisco wireless technologies including Cisco ISE Cisco MSE Wireless LAN Controllers Cisco Prime and Cisco AnyConnect.
• Experience implementing secure BYOD and guest wireless solutions while maintaining production network security.
• Experience applying federal information security policies principles and practices to secure network operations.
• Experience using tools such as ForeScout Cisco ISE Stealthwatch/Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Splunk.
• Experience maintaining continuous network visibility and enforcing network security measures.
• Advanced network engineering experience designing implementing and managing complex LAN WAN and wireless systems.
• Experience with network performance optimization troubleshooting and advanced security protocol integration.
• Ability to support mission-critical Government operations.

Preferred / Strongly Desired Qualifications

• Active Cisco certification strongly preferred such as CCNP Security CCIE Security CCIE Wireless CCIE Data Center or comparable experience.
• Experience with Cisco Nexus IOS FlexPod Corelight NDR IDS/IPS firewalls and network security tools.
• Experience with Cisco Prime SolarWinds Orion or comparable configuration management tools.
• Experience with Zero Trust Network Access SASE network segmentation and micro-segmentation.
• Prior DHS DOD / DOW or federal network security engineering experience.

Additional Information :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work is equally performed in the field as well as in a normal office environment. Lifting (up to 50lbs) may be required. Ladder climbing may be required. Driving is required. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status

Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting please e-mail .

Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting please e-mail .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time