Federal Principal Lifecycle Engineer

Description

You will join a team that supports an enterprise network for a federal agency customer.

This principal-level role combines hands-on network engineering, mentoring, and project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex problems that call for original thinking, and analyze data with many moving variables to choose suitable methods and evaluation criteria.
• Act as the final escalation point for production service issues, working with application, operations, and triage teams.
• Mentor colleagues on networking, application design, engineering, and automation.
• Lead performance meetings with the agency, and build detailed project plans with planning and maintenance engineers.
• Give input on status calls across several organizations.
• Finish projects on your own within tight timelines without disrupting critical services.
• Build strong working relationships with other departments and vendors to set engineering and operations best practices.
• Provide day-to-day sustaining engineering support for the customer's enterprise network.
• Design and build LANs, WANs, intranets, extranets, and other data networks, including software defined networks (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV).
• Model, analyze, and plan networks, design network and computer security measures, and research and recommend networking hardware and software.
• Support installing new and changed services, approved upgrades, and scheduled maintenance, following change management procedures.
• Support Voice over IP (VoIP), Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) services, and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) voice integration.
• Check network and application operations after changes, and review and approve configurations for design-impacting changes against approved design documents.
• Run fallback and contingency plans to restore the network, and take part in disaster recovery drills.
• Track success indicators for design-impacting changes and update network design documents after implementation.
• Work across teams at enterprise level to help shape strategic and enterprise plans.

Requirements

• You are a technical expert who has managed several medium to large projects at once.
• You work well across functions with many kinds of stakeholders and keep the customer's needs in view.
• You know scripting and automation and use them to make production environments more efficient.
• You help shape and carry out the strategic roadmap.
• A bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of work experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience, which can come from work, military service, specialized training, or a mix of these.
• Ability to obtain a GSA Public Trust certificate and any other security clearance the agency requires.
• Cisco network certifications or an equivalent.
• Even better: a degree in engineering, telecommunications, or a related technology field.
• Even better: ability to lead and push projects to completion while juggling several assignments.
• Even better: critical thinking, problem solving, and sound decision-making.
• Even better: ability to lead technical discussions with industry peers who hold different technical roles.
• Even better: ability to work independently and in varied teams.
• Even better: experience working with the federal government.
• You are encouraged to apply even if you do not meet every "even better" item.

Conditions

This is a hybrid role. You will have a defined work location that includes working from home and at least three days per week in the office, on days your manager sets.

Employees must follow the hybrid work policies.

The preferred location is the Northern Virginia and DC area, though other company locations may be considered.

Scheduled hours are 40 per week.

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Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage includes medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, basic and supplemental life, AD&D, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home and auto insurance.
• A matched 401(k), up to 8 company paid holidays and up to 6 personal days a year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, and other incentives.
• Depending on the role, premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances may be available.
• New hires receive up to 15 days of vacation a year, which grows with service.
• Part-time coverage varies, and some benefits may apply depending on your circumstances.
• Pay depends on location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. The role is incentive based, with potential to earn more. Part-time pay is adjusted to hours.
• The full-time annual salary range for the listed location(s) is $118,000.00 - $205,000.00.
• The full-time annual salary range for the Maryland location(s) listed is $118,000.00 - $205,000.00.