Network Engineering Senior

Full-time
NexGen Data Systems is seeking a Senior Network Engineer. Their functions may have multiple focus on transport, SD-WAN, and firewall management. This individual ensures the stability, availability, and performance of the live network by leading the operational teams, enforcing established standards, and managing the service lifecycle of these core functions, ensuring real-time network operations, orchestrating the response to all service disruptions impacting transport, SD-WAN, or security infrastructure.
Serves as the operational authority for all network transport, SD-WAN, and firewall services, overseeing day-to-day service delivery and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
Acts as the primary Incident Commander during Major Incidents affecting network services, directing the activities of all technical response teams and orchestrating the overall service restoration effort.
Provides authoritative operational status, mission impact assessments, and situational reports to government leadership during network service disruptions.
Owns, maintains, and refines the operational playbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and incident response procedures for the transport, SD-WAN, and firewall operations teams.
Oversees the Problem Management process for network services, ensuring that government-approved root cause analyses for complex or recurring network issues are completed and that remediation plans are tracked to successful completion.
Represents operational interests as a primary stakeholder in the Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, responsible for assessing the operational risk of all proposed changes to the network and security infrastructure.
Manages, monitors, and reports on network Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance related to transport availability, SD-WAN performance, and firewall uptime.
Provides mentorship and guidance to junior staff focused on operational best practices and disciplined incident management related to the network infrastructure.
Active Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance required.
~ ITIL v4 Foundation certification and a certification meeting DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II requirements (e.g., NexGen Data Systems is an emerging technologies focused company providing expert systems and network engineering solutions to the Department of Defense. NexGen Data Systems promotes a culture of knowledge and career advancement through continued learning, keeping our team current on the latest advances in systems and networking, and enabling our team to provide the best available solutions to our clients.
Company covers 100% of premiums for the employee's medical, dental, and vision insurance and subsidizes premiums for spouse and dependents.

• Company provides short and long term disability plans.
• Comprehensive training and development program.
• 11 paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) accrual level starts at 15 days annually.

NOTE: US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. In order to be qualified for this position, you must be able to obtain and maintain a United States Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. We are unable to sponsor Visas at this time. NexGen Data Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.