Network Engineer

Technical Member Position

Serve as a technical member on projects that contain moderate to highly complex environments utilizing high availability concepts. Develop and implement project plans within budgetary, schedule, and resource constraints. Collaborate with other members of the Engineering team in the development of technical design solutions. Capture, analyze, decompose, and create requirements for network systems, products, and subsystems of moderate complexity. Use an interdisciplinary approach focusing on customer needs and business requirements to design, develop, document, test, and maintain network systems ranging from the straightforward to moderately complex. Author, review, and maintain documentation during all phases of the system design life cycle as appropriate and specified within documented process and procedure. Project Plans, Estimates, Requirements, Documentation, Operational Scenarios, Design Documentation and Drawings, Sys Acceptance Test Plans, etc. Apply Security/Cybersecurity methodologies to network and systems design to provide secure services that support business requirements. Configuration and installation of various network devices and services e.g. routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS, ACL. Provide post-fielding support resolving operational issues involving L2 and L3 in a multi-routing network infrastructure.

Skills: systems development life cycle, systems development, cisco, deployment, implementation, WAN, routers and switches, firewalls, BGP, OSPF.

Top Skills: systems development life cycle, systems development, cisco, deployment, implementation, WAN, routers and switches, firewalls, BGP, OSPF.

Additional Skills & Qualifications: Understanding of formal configuration management processes. Working knowledge of automation and configuration management leveraging tools such as Ansible. Demonstrated understanding of project life cycle support, including requirements development, analysis, design, test, implementation, and post fielding support. Knowledge of VoIP Telephony and of SIP with experience in voice network design to include SIP and QOS configurations. Ability to take the initiative in driving technical discussions with the relevant parties and not wait to be invited. Knowledge of the Airport and Air Transport Industry domain is desirable. A career path that has provided exposure to and experience of employing a broad spectrum of network and infrastructure technologies. Active CCNA or CCNP certification, CompTIA Network+, JNCIA, PCNSE.

Tech Questions: What experience do you have with designing, implementing, and managing complex, high-availability wide-area network (WAN) systems? Explain your understanding of routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP. Give examples of where you have applied and used these. Describe your experience with configuring firewalls and other security devices/appliances. Describe a time when you had to troubleshoot an issue with a network system. Do you have any experience working with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure? How do you ensure that the network is secure from external threats? What experience do you have with automating network tasks using scripting languages? What strategies do you use to monitor network performance and identify potential issues? (More in interview questions)

Experience Level: Intermediate Level

Job Type & Location: This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Annapolis, MD.

Pay and Benefits: The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $160000.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision, Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital, 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents), Short and long-term disability, Health Spending Account (HSA), Transportation benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

Workplace Type: This is a fully onsite position in Annapolis, MD.

Application Deadline: This position is anticipated to close on Dec 26, 2025.

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