Network Engineer III

World Wide Technology is a global technology solutions provider delivering innovative IT solutions for government and commercial clients. The company is seeking a Network Engineer III to support an Enterprise Zero Trust Program for a Department of Defense client, focusing on network installation, migration, configuration, SD-WAN architecture, security, troubleshooting, documentation, and mentoring.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the design, implementing, and maintaining a high distributed network aligning zero trust principles
• Contributing to the designing and implementing SD-WAN based network architecture spanning dozens of sites at a global scale
• Configuring, installing, and managing network hardware (routers, switches, firewalls) and software
• Planning, executing, and documenting network upgrades, expansions, and optimizations
• Designing and establishing protocol compatibility standards
• Serve as a subject matter expert in zero trust network architecture
• Maintaining comprehensive network documentation, including architecture diagrams, rack elevations, SOPs, and configuration logs
• Diagnosing and resolving complex network issues, including those related to performance, security, and connectivity
• Analyzing network traffic, to ensure successful system operations
• Developing and implementing disaster recovery plans to ensure network resilience
• Supervising and mentoring junior network engineers
• Working with other IT teams (e.g., systems administrators, security specialists, application engineers) to ensure network integration and interoperability
• Working with vendors to select, purchase, and implement network equipment
• Ensuring that the network meets relevant industry standards, DoD regulations, and DoD ZT requirements as defined in the DoD ZT Execution Roadmap

Requirements:

• 5-8 years of experience in network security or network engineering roles, with a focus on Zero Trust, network security, software defined networks, and SD-WAN
• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing networks, including LAN/WAN and SD-WAN
• Knowledge of zero trust network security best practices, including firewalls and macro/microsegmentation
• Deep understanding of routing & switching, multicast, and QoS
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of common security threats and protections to network, cloud, and endpoint resources
• Knowledge and experience in log forwarding and event correlation with an enterprise grade SIEM
• Knowledge and experience with public cloud networking and security technologies in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Highly self-motivated
• Detail oriented
• Current Secret clearance
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification
• Experience with network security technologies (Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, etc.)
• Strong expertise in firewall architecture and security best practices
• Extensive experience in the design, configuration, troubleshooting, and administration of highly distributed and segmented networks and network security technologies
• Experience implementing SD-WAN solutions
• Expertise with common network protocols including but not limited to: BGP, OSPF, STP, ARP, VLANs, Trunking, LACP, VPCs, ICMP, LDAP, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, TLS, SMTP, SSH, SCP
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and certificates
• you must currently have an active Secret Security Clearance or above
• Implementation and administration experience with application centric network technologies (load balancers, WAF/WAAP)
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800 series
• Additional certifications related to Security and Router/Switch
• Bachelor's Degree and 5-8 years of technical experience in Network Security or Network Engineering with large-scale enterprise/global networks in high-paced, diverse environment