The Swift Group
Network Engineer
Herndon, USA
No sponsorshipDetected 121 days ago
PythonSwiftAWSGCPAzureTerraformAnsibleCI/CDDevOpsData ScienceCybersecurityNetwork SecurityIncident ResponseLogisticsFirewallVPNCiscoBGP/OSPFSD-WANWiresharkVoIPZero TrustNetwork EngineeringCommunication
About the role
- The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of hands-on experience engineering and operating complex IP networks, with expertise in routing and switching, network security, and cloud-integrated architectures.
Responsibilities
- Network Architecture & Design: Design, implement, and manage complex enterprise and service-provider scale IP networks spanning LAN, WAN, and cloud environments.
- Routing & Switching: Plan, configure, and optimize dynamic routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS; implement and tune advanced switching features including STP, LACP, VTP, and 802.1Q trunking.
- MPLS & Transport Services: Design and deliver MPLS/BGP transport services and manage integrations between service providers and customer environments.
- Network Security: Harden network infrastructure and enforce security controls including next-generation firewalls, VPNs, ACLs, network segmentation, and Zero Trust principles; serve as a collaborative partner to Cybersecurity teams.
- Network Access Control: Implement and manage Network Access Control (NAC) technologies to enforce endpoint compliance policies and control access to sensitive network segments.
- Operations & Incident Response: Serve as the Tier 3/4 escalation point for complex network incidents; perform root cause analysis, lifecycle maintenance, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
- Technical Documentation & Briefings: Produce and maintain network designs, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, change management documentation, and after-action reports; present technical findings and recommendations.
- Plan, configure, and optimize dynamic routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS; implement and tune advanced switching features including STP, LACP, VTP, and 802.1Q trunking.
- Design and deliver MPLS/BGP transport services and manage integrations between service providers and customer environments.
- Produce and maintain network designs, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, change management documentation, and after-action reports; present technical findings and recommendations.
Skills
- The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA.
- Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training.
- The location of this job is Herndon, VA.
Benefits
- We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire's 90-day mark.
Company info
- We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes.
Visa & Work Authorization
- h technical documentation, network diagrams, and design presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences US citizenship and an active [Clearance Level] security clearance required Desired Experience: Active C
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