Design Engineer (nd Iii) (government)

AT&T AT&T · Telecom · Chantilly, VA

Design Engineer for AT&T's Global Public Sector, focusing on Campus Area Network/Local Area Network (CAN/LAN) design and engineering for government customer's global enterprise networks. Responsibilities include interpreting customer requirements, documenting designs, evaluating new technologies, migrating user connections, providing technical expertise, developing secure network designs compliant with DISA STIGs and obtaining Authority to Operate (ATO), and supervising other network support specialists. The role also offers opportunities to work on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Networks (WANs). Requires TS/SCI with polygraph clearance and 16 years of relevant experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents.
  2. Use our private test lab to evaluate new technologies and capabilities, test proposed changes to production networks, and recreate troubleshooting scenarios to support the production enterprise network.
  3. Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
  4. Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
  5. Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies. Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.

Skills

Required

  • 16 years of experience (combination of work history and education)
  • TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
  • DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 compliance
  • Network engineering (Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation)
  • Production network hardware configurations (Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper)
  • Implementing and troubleshooting routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
  • Implementing and troubleshooting switching and trunking protocols (VLANs, 802.1q, port-channels)

Nice to have

  • Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN
  • Application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments
  • Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs
  • Network management tools
  • Firewalls
  • Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols
  • Extensive BGP experience
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge
  • Experience establishing processes, developing documents, and organizing repositories

What the JD emphasized

  • TS/SCI with polygraph
  • DISA STIGs
  • Authority to Operate (ATO)