Network Engineer

Capitaltechsolutions - Washington, DC

Full-time

Washington, DC

About the position

The Network Engineer role is focused on developing and maintaining both high-level and low-level design plans for the overall logical and technical network architecture. This position involves providing technical solutions and consulting across the organization, from strategic decision-making to project planning. The Network Engineer will also be responsible for gaining organizational commitment for network infrastructure plans and participating in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-level and low-level design plans for network architecture.
• Provide technical solutions and consulting across the organization.
• Gain organizational commitment for network infrastructure plans.
• Initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing network plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience managing, developing, and delivering strategic network architectural design and operational excellence.
• 10 years of experience designing enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, VPNs, VMs, and virtual networks.
• 10 years of experience designing and implementing Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Security Software.
• Knowledge of system flow charts, traffic flow, and data processing concepts.
• Proven experience with network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices.
• Strong knowledge of IT security requirements and experience working with information security.
• Active Cisco certification (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDE, etc.).