Network Engineer

Network EngineerWorld Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe.Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC)—a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software—WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distribution capabilities.With more than 14,000 team members and over 60 locations globally, WWT's culture—grounded in core values and leadership philosophies—has been recognized by Fortune® and Great Place to Work for its commitment to innovation, trust and creating a great place to work for all. WWT provides products and services to large enterprise, global service provider and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada.Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!Our Government Services team provides cleared resources with a global reach to federal civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), and intelligence community markets. We excel at delivering innovative, operationally ready, and cost-effective IT solutions that accelerate the interoperability and resiliency of mission-critical systems.WWT is seeking a Network Engineer to support our Government Services team located in multiple locations within the US. The customer locations would include Chantilly, VA or Washington D.C. Capital region. This position will focus on Engineering and design while also supporting Tier 1-2 network escalations within a customer's global network environment and integration field teams.Key Responsibilities:Design and implement enterprise network architectures that support secure, mission-critical operations.Lead zero-trust network design initiatives and cross-enclave interoperability solutions.Optimize network performance, reliability, and security across complex, multi-enclave environments.Establish and enforce network security architecture standards and governance processes.Drive network modernization efforts aligned with enterprise strategy and zero-trust principles.Ensure secure communications and connectivity across classified and highly regulated environments.Provide technical leadership for network infrastructure planning and implementation.Partner with security, architecture, and operations teams to maintain resilient network systems.Required Skills:Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise network environments.Strong expertise in routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, network security, and access control technologies.Experience implementing zero-trust architectures and secure communications solutions.Advanced troubleshooting and network performance analysis skills.Experience supporting mission-critical, highly secure, or regulated environments.Strong leadership, communication, and technical documentation skills.Cisco: Switching, Routing, Firewalling, and Site-to-site functionality (such as IPSEC, DMVPN, and SD-WAN)Arista: SwitchingTunneling & VPNs: GRE, IPSEC, SSH, SSL, OpenVPN, Wireguard, and specialized multi-tiered applicationsVirtual Distributed Switching: VMWare, Proxmox, and NutanixSolutions & Hardware: Client-Server VPNs, Site-to-site VPNs, and ad-hoc vendors or equipmentVirtualization / Hyper-Converged InfrastructureVMWare / Broadcom: ESXi (vSphere), vCenter, VSAN, VxRail, Cluster management, and LicensingProxmox: Host and cluster configuration/management, Networking, and Ceph configuration/managementNutanix: Host and cluster configuration, management with Prism Central, and NDFS configuration/managementLarge Data Storage TechnologiesHardware/Vendors: QNAP, Synology, TrueNAS, and NetAppFile Transport Protocols: Samba, SSH, SFTP, and NFSMonitoring & SecurityMonitoring: Network-based and Host-based collection and monitoringAlerting & Scanning: Internal and external alerting (including SMTP configuration), and Active vulnerability scanning (such as Nessus)SIEM: Splunk familiarityPreferred Skills:Master's degree in Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.Experience supporting federal, defense, intelligence, or classified network environments.Expertise with multi-enclave or cross-domain network architectures.Experience with cloud networking, software-defined networking (SDN), and hybrid cloud environments.Knowledge of security accreditation processes and compliance frameworks.Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, JNCIP, JNCIE, AWS Advanced Networking, or equivalent.