Senior Network Engineer (Contract – 4562)

Job Title:
Senior Network Engineer

Role Overview

Join a mission-driven public-sector technology organization supporting a diverse community of more than 200,000 residents. This team maintains the core infrastructure behind essential services, public safety operations, and ongoing digital modernization efforts.
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will serve as the lead-level technical owner across the full network stack. You will design, build, secure, and operate a complex network environment that spans data centers, municipal facilities, and multi-site connectivity. This is a hands-on role with real influence on long-term architecture, modernization initiatives, and team enablement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, deployment, and operations of firewalls, switches, wireless networks, and multi-site connectivity.
• Manage daily network operations including monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Oversee physical infrastructure including cabling, racks, power distribution, and data center layouts.
• Coordinate ISP services, ensure stable connectivity, and resolve external carrier issues.
• Configure and maintain DNS, DHCP, and WINS services.
• Own patching and software maintenance for network hardware.
• Implement and optimize network monitoring, observability, and alerting tools.
• Develop and maintain documentation, runbooks, diagrams, and standards.
• Partner closely with security teams to implement controls, authentication, and network protection mechanisms.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and technical leadership to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Drive modernization projects to improve scalability, reliability, and security across the environment.
• Plan and execute hardware and software lifecycle strategies from procurement through decommissioning.

Education and Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of full-stack networking experience across physical, switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, and network services.
• Background supporting mid-sized organizations with complex multi-domain responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting abilities across firewalls, switches, wireless systems, and connectivity issues.
• Proficiency with DNS, DHCP, and WINS configuration.
• Experience with rack, power, and cable management in data centers.
• Skilled in ISP service management and multi-site connectivity.
• Understanding of network monitoring platforms and troubleshooting tooling.
• Strong change management discipline including documentation and runbook creation.
• Skill level equivalent to Cisco CCNP in Enterprise, Data Center, or Security tracks.
• Comfortable serving as a lead engineer responsible for design through production operations.

Preferred Experience:

• Designing and architecting full network infrastructure including firewalls, routing, wireless, and ISP configurations.
• Advanced power, rack design, and data center layout planning.
• Wireless design including coverage planning and site surveys.
• SD-WAN design and administration.
• Experience with zero-trust or micro-segmentation.
• Automation experience using Ansible, Python, or templating tools.
• Observability platforms including NetFlow, SNMP, Syslog pipelines, or packet capture analysis.
• Load balancers or reverse proxies such as F5, NGINX, or HAProxy.
• Disaster recovery and multi-site failover strategies.
• Relevant certifications including CCNP, CCIE written, Fortinet NSE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or Meraki certifications.
• Prior public sector, education, or large campus network experience.

Why Us:

• Opportunity to serve a diverse population through impactful public-sector work.
• Lead ownership of modernization across the entire network environment.
• High visibility role influencing long-term architecture and operational strategy.
• Supportive leadership with increasing investment in infrastructure and security.
• Collaborative culture focused on reliability, service quality, and continuous improvement.
• Competitive pay at $40-75 per hour depending on experience.

Benefits and Perks:

• 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
• Approximately 4 weeks of PTO plus holidays and administrative leave
• Robust healthcare allowance with minimal out-of-pocket costs
• Pension plan participation plus additional retirement contributions
• Annual performance bonus and cost-of-living adjustments
• Tuition reimbursement up to 5,000 dollars per year
• Life insurance and other public-sector perks

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future. This position does not offer sponsorship.