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Network Planning Engineer at Herndon, VA As a
System Engineer, you will be responsible for: - Develop, evaluate, and maintain network architecture and planning strategies for secure enterprise and mission networks.
- Perform capacity planning, traffic analysis, network modeling, and forecasting to support current and future operational requirements.
- Design and recommend network solutions for LAN, WAN, MAN, wireless, and hybrid environments.
- Analyze network performance and availability metrics to identify risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
- Support the development of implementation, migration, and modernization plans for network infrastructure upgrades.
- Collaborate with systems engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and program stakeholders to ensure network designs align with security and compliance requirements.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including network diagrams, design packages, implementation plans, standards, and configuration guidance.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations for network enhancements, resiliency improvements, and lifecycle sustainment.
- Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for network-related issues affecting performance, interoperability, and reliability.
- Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, and change control processes.
This is a
12 Month full-time Contract or Contract to hire opportunity.
Clearance: TS/SCI Clearance What We're Looking For: - Bachelor's Degree and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 14 years of prior related experience.
- Must have or be able to obtain and maintain IAT Level II minimum (Security+ CE, CCNA Security, or equivalent) within 3-months of start.
Preferred Additional Skills: - Experience supporting Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or other federal government programs.
- Relevant certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, JNCIA, JNCIP, Security+, or similar.
- Experience with network modeling, simulation, or planning tools.
- Familiarity with software-defined networking (SDN), network automation, and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
- Knowledge of cloud networking architectures and hybrid cloud connectivity.
- Understanding of zero trust architecture principles and secure network design methodologies.
- Experience with monitoring and management tools for fault, performance, and configuration management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead network modernization or infrastructure refresh initiatives.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to engineering process improvements.
Pay Range: $70-75/hr. *Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
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Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
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