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Job Description:
Senior Network Engineer (CCIE – Routing & Switching)
Location: 8150 Leesburg Pike Ste 1230, Vienna, VA
- Onsite
- 5 Days onsite
Work Auth: Not Open to Sponsorship
Duration: 6 Month Contract to hire
Top 3 Skills:
- CCIE Certification
- Nexus, ASR, ACI Experience
- Palo alto firewall
Role Summary
We are seeking a full-time CCIE Route & Switch–caliber Senior Network Engineer to serve as a senior technical authority and individual contributor focused on network design, implementation, and complex problem resolution.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise, data center, and disaster recovery network solutions.
- Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable routing and switching environments.
- Own routing and switching design and implementation, including BGP, OSPF, ECMP, segmentation, and control-plane protection.
- Perform expert-level troubleshooting for complex, multi-domain network issues using packet captures and protocol analysis.
- Design and implement data center, MDF/IDF, and access-layer network architectures, including segmentation and end-to-end deployment.
- Produce and maintain HLDs, LLDs, and implementation documentation for current and future-state designs.
- Execute technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and lab testing to validate design assumptions and operational impact.
- Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and cloud teams to ensure cohesive and secure network implementations.
- Contribute to network monitoring, telemetry, and self-healing designs to improve stability and mean time to resolution.
- Mentor mid- and senior-level engineers on routing, switching, and troubleshooting best practices.
- Ensure implementations align with security and compliance requirements, including NIST 800-53 where applicable.
Required Experience
- 8–12 years of hands-on network engineering experience with a strong focus on routing and switching design and implementation.
- Proven experience deploying and operating mission-critical enterprise and data center networks.
- Demonstrated ability to act as a senior technical escalation point for complex network issues.
- Strong background in producing clear, implementation-ready network documentation.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in financial services or regulated enterprise environments.
- Experience supporting or mentoring other network engineers in complex environments.
Qualifications
Certifications
- CCIE Routing & Switching (preferred) or equivalent expert-level experience.
- Azure networking certification or equivalent experience is a plus.
Technical Expertise (Must Have)
- Routing: Expert-level design, implementation, and troubleshooting of BGP and OSPF.
- Switching: Advanced experience with Cisco IOS/XE, Nexus platforms, and Cisco ACI fabrics.
- Data Center Networking: Leaf-spine design, segmentation, and high-availability architectures.
- Firewalls: Experience integrating Palo Alto firewalls into enterprise and data center designs.
- SD-WAN: Experience implementing and supporting Prisma SD-WAN or similar technologies.
- Wireless: Experience deploying and operating Meraki wireless networks.
- Disaster Recovery: Network-level DR design, implementation, and validation.
- Identity & Access: Working knowledge of Cisco ISE and network-based access control.
- Monitoring & Telemetry: Experience with network monitoring tools and performance visibility.
- Packet Analysis: Expert-level packet capture and protocol analysis skills.