Network Engineer
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Job Location:
Richmond, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Direct End Client: State of Virginia
Job Title: OAG - Network Engineer 3 (802036)
Duration: 6 Months
Start Date: 06/01/2026
Location: 202 North 9th Street Richmond VA 23219
Position Type: Contract
No. of Hours- 40 hrs/Week
Interview Type: Webcam
Requirement ID: SVANETW036PS
Description:
State of Virginia - Office of the Attorney general
Candidate must be local and comfortable for Onsite Interview
Key Responsibilities:
Network Infrastructure Administration:
Network Infrastructure Administration:
- Administer enterprise routing and switching infrastructure
- Configure and maintain LAN WAN wireless and remote access environments
- Support hybrid MPLS and SD-WAN connectivity across multiple locations
- Maintain network availability resiliency and performance
Firewall & Secure Connectivity Management:
- Administer firewalls VPN solutions and secure remote connectivity
- Implement and maintain network segmentation and access controls
- Support secure connectivity for cloud and hybrid environments
- Coordinate firewall rule changes and network security updates
Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
- Monitor network health utilization and performance
- Respond to outages connectivity issues and infrastructure incidents
- Perform network troubleshooting across routing switching wireless and VPN environments
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
Security & Compliance Support:
- Support implementation of network security controls and standards
- Collaborate with the Information Security Office on vulnerability remediation and risk reduction
- Assist with logging monitoring and audit activities
- Support secure configuration and hardening practices
Change Management & Operations:
- Execute network changes through defined change management processes
- Validate planned changes and maintain rollback procedures
- Participate in maintenance windows and operational planning
- Maintain network documentation and diagrams
Vendor & Carrier Coordination:
- Coordinate with telecommunications providers and vendors
- Support circuit provisioning troubleshooting and escalations
- Assist with hardware lifecycle and support renewals
Cross-Team Collaboration:
- Partner with Systems Administration on infrastructure dependencies
- Coordinate with End User Services regarding user-impacting network issues
- Support Application/Data teams with connectivity and performance needs
- Communicate operational risks and system impacts to leadership
Required Qualifications:
- Experience administering enterprise network environments
- Strong knowledge of routing and switching concepts
- Experience with firewalls VPNs and secure remote access
- Experience troubleshooting network connectivity and performance issues
- Familiarity with wireless networking technologies
- Understanding of structured operational and change management processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Cisco networking technologies
- Experience with SD-WAN and hybrid network environments
- Experience in government or regulated environments
- Familiarity with network monitoring and logging tools
- Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST
- Relevant certifications such as CCNA or CCNP
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple operational priorities
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams
- Focus on reliability security and operational consistency
Working Conditions:
- Office-based environment
- Occasional after-hours support for maintenance or incident response
- Limited travel between office locations may be required
Required Skills/ Experience/ Education:
- Routing and switching
- TCP/IP networking
- VLAN configuration
- VPN administration
- Firewall administration
- Wireless networking administration
- Network troubleshooting
- LAN/WAN support
- SD-WAN support
- Network monitoring tools
- DNS fundamentals
- Network performance analysis
- Cisco networking technologies
- Remote access technologies
- Circuit troubleshooting
- Carrier/vendor coordination
- Network resiliency concepts
- High availability concepts
- Network documentation/diagramming
- Network segmentation
- Firewall rule management
- Secure remote connectivity
- Access control concepts
- Vulnerability remediation support
- Security incident support
- Change management execution
- Maintenance window coordination
- Incident response participation
- Root cause analysis
- Structured troubleshooting methodology
- Communication and collaboration
- Operational discipline
- Independent work capability
- Prioritization under pressure
- BGP
- Dynamic routing protocols
- Advanced firewall administration
- Cisco ASA or NGFW experience
- SD-WAN design/optimization
- QoS configuration
- Azure networking
- Hybrid cloud networking
- Zero Trust networking concepts
- SIEM/network logging integration
- IDS/IPS familiarity
- Government IT experience
- Multi-site enterprise experience
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