Implementation Engineer (network Engineer Ii) (government)

AT&T AT&T · Telecom · Chantilly, VA

This role is for a Network Implementation Engineer supporting government customers, focusing on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting secure enterprise networks. It requires experience with network hardware, routing/switching protocols, and compliance with security standards like DISA STIGs and obtaining Authority to Operate (ATO).

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. Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact to critical data flows.
  3. Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
  4. 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.
  5. Escalation point for incident management enterprise level outages which involves troubleshooting across multiple enterprise segments and teams.

Skills

Required

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

Nice to have

  • Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN
  • Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls
  • Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols
  • Extensive BGP experience
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional - Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIP-ENT) equivalent knowledge
  • Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories

What the JD emphasized

  • TS/SCI with polygraph
  • DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2
  • DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
  • Authority to Operate (ATO)