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Senior Network Engineer

Syntricate
Mechanicsville, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 9/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/26/2026
Description:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer (Sr NE) to implement and provide support to the agency’s IT Network infrastructure. The Sr NE performs day-to-day activities related to the support and documentation of VDOT Network infrastructure.


Candidate must have in-depth, considerable knowledge and hands-on
experience understanding, documenting, and maintaining Network related infrastructure.



Key Responsibilities:



- Considerable knowledge and working
experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls,
wireless access points, and load balancers (including the ability to document, set
up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)
- Be capable of troubleshooting Network
related infrastructure.
- Identifies and diagnoses system
problems by using line monitors, diagnostic software, test equipment.
- Works closely with agency’s IT
infrastructure suppliers and stakeholders to gather requirements, specifications,
and configurations to assure they are accurate and up to date.
- Responsible for assisting in troubleshooting
and resolving network issues impacting application performance and uptime.
- Assist in overseeing the
installation, documentation, and upgrades of various agency facility data
network infrastructure.
- Will oversee and collaborate with
cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize hybrid connectivity and SDWAN
configurations.
- Must have the ability to provide
documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, firewall
rules, and access controls when required.
- Must have the ability to work
independently on assigned projects.
- Must have minimally obtained an industry
standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)



















Required Skills & Qualifications:





Skill

|

Required/ Desired

|

Amount of Experience

|




Considerable knowledge
and hands-on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN
concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers
(including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and
troubleshoot)

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Demonstrated and
hands-on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local-area and wide-area
enterprise networks.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Considerable
direct hands-on experience engineering and design experience in networking industry
required.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Industry standard
networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)

|

Required

|

N/A

|




In-depth experience designing installing and troubleshooting local-area and
wide-area enterprise networks.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience monitoring IT
environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies,
and standards.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience creating
repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience performance
tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster
recovery.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience creating
network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc.

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience with
networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP,
Etherchannel, 802.1Q trunking, HSRP,
QoS, multicast, IPsec, RADITACACS ,
SNMP, BRI/PRI, MPLS

|

Required

|

8 Years

|




Experience working with
SDWAN

|

Preferred

|

3 Years

|




Experience working with
network topology related to Cloud

|

Preferred

|

3 Years

|




Familiarity and experience working with cloud networking

|


Preferred

|


3 Years

|

Skills:
 SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceExpertise RatingMove
Considerable knowledge and hands-on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, and wireless access points.Required8Years  
Considerable hands-on working experience setting up, configuring, upgrading, managing and troubleshooting routers/switches, and WAPS. Required8Years  
Demonstrated and hands-on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local-area and wide-area enterprise networks. Required8Years  
Considerable direct hands-on experience engineering and design experience in networking industry required.Required8Years  
Industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)Required    
In-depth experience designing installing and troubleshooting local-area and wide-area enterprise networks.Required8Years  
Experience monitoring IT environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies, and standards.Required8Years  
Experience creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance. Required8Years  
Experience performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.Required8Years  
Experience creating network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc.Required8Years  
Experience with networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, HSRP, QoS, multicast, IPsec, etcRequired8Years  
Experience working with SDWANDesired3Years  
Experience working with network topology related to CloudDesired3Years  
Familiarity and experience working with cloud networkingDesired3Years  


Agency Interview Type:
In Person Only

Work Arrangement:
Onsite

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