ECS is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to work in our North Charleston, SC office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to support the Defense Health Agency’s mission of delivering reliable, secure network connectivity to military medical facilities across the CONUS region. This role serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise LAN/WLAN/WAN operations and is critical to supporting the DoD medical community.
If you are an expert network engineer with top-tier certifications and a passion for mission-driven work, this is a high-impact opportunity.
What You’ll Do:
In this role, you will lead enterprise-level design, installation, and configuration.
Why This Role Matters:
The network you will manage supports hospitals, clinics, telemedicine, medical logistics, and clinical staff across the Military Health System. Your expertise enables doctors, nurses, and service members to access the information and systems they rely on every day.
Join the Mission:
If you hold a CCNP, a CISSP, and have the depth of experience needed to lead enterprise network operations, we want to meet you.
Apply today and help strengthen the DoD’s medical technology infrastructure.
What We’re Looking For:
Technical Expertise
- Mastery of networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, VRRP, RSTP, and more.
- Experience with Cisco environments, Windows AD, UNIX/OpenVMS, routers, switches, and WAN infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, optical testing tools (OTDR), cabling standards, and network analyzers.
- Strong background supporting DoD health IT systems (highly preferred).
- Ability to lead troubleshooting, guide junior staff, and serve as the senior authority for network decisions.
Certifications:
- CCNP – Cisco Certified Network Professional
- CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional
These certifications are essential for this role and required to meet DoD 8140 cyber workforce qualification standards.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of related experience,
- OR technical/vocational certification and 10+ years of progressively complex experience.
Security Clearance:
- Active SECRET clearance required.
Top Skills
What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries.
ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies.
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
