Senior Network/Communications Engineer

About the role

The Senior Network/Communications Engineer will lead and execute enterprise wireless, routed, switched, and converged voice infrastructure projects. This role involves designing, configuring, integrating, and optimizing advanced Cisco Systems routing, switching, and wireless solutions, as well as providing technical expertise for Cisco Systems Unified Communications and IP telephony environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute verification site surveys at government installations to assess existing network, wireless, and voice infrastructure.
• Establish current-state baselines and validate technical requirements in support of MCEN-N modernization objectives.
• Engineer, configure, integrate, and optimize enterprise Cisco Systems routing, switching, and wireless solutions including Layer 2/Layer 3 services, TCP/IP, VLAN architecture, QoS, redundancy, multicast, secure segmentation, and campus-wide transport services.
• Provide senior engineering expertise for Cisco Systems Unified Communications and IP telephony environments, including call processing architecture, dial plan development, voice gateway integration, SIP/SRST survivability, endpoint provisioning, and voice quality troubleshooting.
• Support and advise the Lead Systems Engineer in development and execution of technical solutions, providing recommendations for design improvements, risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and overall technical performance.
• Develop detailed engineering designs, low-level implementation plans, network diagrams, inventories, cutover procedures, and as-built documentation for wireless, voice, and data infrastructure installations.
• Support Technical Readiness Review (TRR) activities by validating design maturity, confirming installation readiness, and ensuring technical, security, and logistical prerequisites are satisfied prior to deployment.
• Support Government Acceptance Testing (GAT) activities by validating operational performance, interoperability, security compliance, and adherence to approved customer acceptance criteria.
• Plan, coordinate, manage, and report installation, migration, and cutover activities for network and communications modernization efforts, including outage planning, rollback procedures, transition coordination, and schedule execution.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and operational support across LAN/WAN/MAN, wireless, routing, switching, and voice environments using packet capture, protocol analysis, and performance monitoring tools.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, inventories, configuration records, and turnover packages to support configuration management, sustainment, and government acceptance.
• Mentor junior engineers, installation teams, and project personnel on enterprise networking, wireless deployment, VoIP implementation, secure communications architecture, and disciplined field execution practices.
• Apply strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills while operating independently in fast-paced, ambiguous, and multi-directional project environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field, preferred
• 3 to 10+ years’ experience in telecommunications and networking
• 3 to 10+ years’ experience delivering solutions to government clients
• Cisco CCNP certification is required

Qualifications

• Frequent lifting and moving of parts up to 40lbs and occasionally up to 50lbs
• Frequent standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling for many continuous working hours
• Frequent use of arms, hands, and fingers to grasp and move network equipment
• Frequent bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching overhead when moving network equipment
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a base access pass
• Must be able to obtain a favorable National Security Agency Check (NACI) including a FBI fingerprint check
• Must have an active Secret security clearance