Network Engineer Senior
Job Location:
Job Location:
Washington, DC - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 90000 - 160000
Yearly Salary:
Posted on:
3 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Network Engineer - Senior
Clearance: Public Trust Tier 2
Location & Schedule:Hybrid with on-site work during business hours at the Ford House Office Building (2nd & D Streets SW Washington DC) and CBO data-center facilities.
Role Summary
Nationwide IT Services NIS is seeking a senior network engineer to provide engineering operations optimization and advisory support for CBOs Cisco-based enterprise network across the core distribution access and edge layers. Serves as CBOs senior technical adviser leads remediation of identified incident-response (IR) findings and enforces Zero Trust across the network. Works with minimal supervision and resolves the most complex faults escalated from the service desk.
Required Experience
Why Join Nationwide IT Services
Nationwide IT Services is a trusted government contractor supporting Department of Defense customers. We offer the opportunity to work on high-impact cybersecurity missions alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative and growth-focused environment.
Salary range $90000 to $160000 annually
The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers including the positions scope and responsibilities the candidates experience education and skills and current market conditions.
Clearance: Public Trust Tier 2
Location & Schedule:Hybrid with on-site work during business hours at the Ford House Office Building (2nd & D Streets SW Washington DC) and CBO data-center facilities.
Role Summary
Nationwide IT Services NIS is seeking a senior network engineer to provide engineering operations optimization and advisory support for CBOs Cisco-based enterprise network across the core distribution access and edge layers. Serves as CBOs senior technical adviser leads remediation of identified incident-response (IR) findings and enforces Zero Trust across the network. Works with minimal supervision and resolves the most complex faults escalated from the service desk.
Required Experience
- 8 years of progressive enterprise network engineering in Cisco environments (senior level).
- Architecting and operating core distribution access and edge; routing switching VLANs enterprise DNS DHCP and VPNs to hardened documented standards.
- Zero Trust at the network layer: segmentation and micro-segmentation least-privilege and identity-aware access and 802.1X.
- Network security and compliance to NIST SP 800-53 (AC CM SC AU) SP 800-207 and Cisco hardening best practices; continuous monitoring and vulnerability management.
- Incident-response support: containment analysis forensics root-cause analysis and remediation of findings.
- Perimeter and public-facing security: firewall rule management ingress/egress filtering MFA for administrative access.
- Change management with security-impact analysis; network diagrams SOPs and configuration baselines.
- Senior advisory; collaborates with cloud Microsoft and cybersecurity teams; supports audits and assessments.
- Recommended (to be competitive): Cisco CCNP Enterprise (CCIE preferred); a security or Zero Trust credential (e.g. Security or a Cisco security cert) is a plus.
- Bachelors in IT Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience. Current certifications ideally maintained 5 years.
- Cisco routers switches and firewalls; Cisco ISE for 802.1X / NAC; TrustSec / SD-Access or VLAN-and-ACL segmentation; VPNs; enterprise DNS/DHCP; SIEM and NDR integration; hardened Cisco baselines; configuration and change management.
Why Join Nationwide IT Services
Nationwide IT Services is a trusted government contractor supporting Department of Defense customers. We offer the opportunity to work on high-impact cybersecurity missions alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative and growth-focused environment.
The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers including the positions scope and responsibilities the candidates experience education and skills and current market conditions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
