Network Engineer

VDOT Senior Network Engineer - 812112

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Job ID: 812112

Client: VDOT

Location: 9120 Lockwood Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia

Work Mode: 100% Onsite

Interview: In-person

Job Overview

VDOT is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and support the agency s enterprise IT network infrastructure. The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day network operations, infrastructure documentation, research, analysis, configuration, and implementation.

The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with enterprise networking technologies, network architecture, troubleshooting, security, and hybrid/cloud connectivity. The candidate must be comfortable working independently and collaborating with infrastructure, cloud, DevSecOps teams, vendors, and agency stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, implement, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers.
• Troubleshoot complex network infrastructure issues and identify root causes affecting network performance and availability.
• Use network monitoring tools, diagnostic software, line monitors, and test equipment to identify and resolve network problems.
• Design, install, configure, and troubleshoot LAN and WAN enterprise networks.
• Work closely with agency IT infrastructure suppliers, stakeholders, cloud teams, and DevSecOps teams to gather and validate network requirements, configurations, and specifications.
• Assist with troubleshooting network issues that impact application performance, connectivity, and system uptime.
• Support the installation, maintenance, upgrades, and documentation of facility network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize hybrid connectivity and SD-WAN configurations.
• Develop and maintain accurate network architecture diagrams, topology diagrams, IP addressing schemes, firewall rules, and access-control documentation.
• Monitor network environments for compliance with information security requirements, architecture policies, and applicable standards.
• Design reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant network architectures.
• Perform network performance tuning, monitoring, metrics/statistics collection, and support disaster recovery activities.
• Analyze network capacity, availability, and performance and recommend improvements.
• Work independently on assigned network engineering projects while coordinating with internal teams and external vendors.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation for network configurations, infrastructure, and changes.
• Support network-related projects involving cloud environments and emerging networking technologies.

Preferred Background

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or government network environments.
• Strong knowledge of Cisco or Juniper networking technologies.
• Experience with SD-WAN and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience working with security, infrastructure, cloud, and DevSecOps teams.
• Strong technical documentation and network diagramming skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network issues independently.
• Relevant networking certification such as CCNA, JNCIA-Junos, or equivalent.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Skill

Required / Desired

Experience

Enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers

Required

8+ Years

Design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN enterprise networks

Required

8+ Years

Hands-on network engineering and network design experience

Required

8+ Years

Industry-standard networking certification such as CCNA, JNCIA-Junos, or equivalent

Required

N/A

Enterprise LAN/WAN architecture, implementation, and troubleshooting

Required

8+ Years

Monitoring IT environments for information security, architecture policies, and standards compliance

Required

8+ Years

Designing repeatable, reliable, scalable, and fault-tolerant network architectures

Required

8+ Years

Network performance tuning, monitoring, metrics/statistics collection, and disaster recovery

Required

8+ Years

Creating network diagrams using Visio or similar industry-standard tools

Required

8+ Years

ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, EtherChannel, 802.1Q trunking, HSRP, QoS, multicast, IPsec, RADITACACS+, SNMP, BRI/PRI, MPLS

Required

8+ Years

SD-WAN

Preferred

3+ Years

Network topology related to Cloud environments

Preferred

3+ Years

Cloud networking

Preferred

3+ Years