Senior Network Engineer

QinetiQ - McLean, VA

Full-time - Senior

McLean, VA

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Network Engineer at QinetiQ US is responsible for supporting a large and complex network infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with team members to design, implement, and troubleshoot network systems, ensuring efficient operations across various customer sites. The position requires a strong understanding of network architecture and the ability to translate stakeholder requirements into effective engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with teammates to create, implement, and troubleshoot new engineering designs
• Translating requirements from internal stakeholders into engineering designs based on a standardized network architecture
• Presenting proposed changes to the standardized architecture to internal review boards
• Creating drawings and other configuration management documentation to track network changes
• Troubleshooting switch, router, and firewall connectivity issues between various customer sites
• Traveling to various data centers in the WMA to support ongoing network operations
• Completing patching of all network devices (router, switch, firewall, etc.) in accordance with Sponsor's policies
• Performing quarterly reviews of all network device access control lists and rulesets

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required
• Hands-on Cisco hardware configuration and maintenance experience, and hands-on experience in an enterprise-scale network environment
• Experience with OSI model, TCP/IP, and subnetting
• Experience with Cisco switches and Cisco ASA firewalls
• Experience with Tier II/III level troubleshooting, configuring various routing protocols
• Experience with building IPSec and/or MACSec tunnels
• Strong shell scripting experience

Nice-to-haves

• Hands on experience with Palo Alto firewalls
• Hands on experience with Cisco Firepower and/or Cisco ISE
• Hands on experience with VXLAN

Benefits

• Workplace flexibility
• Commitment to health and well-being of employees and their families
• Opportunities to work with a purpose