Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to work in our Washington, DC office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
We are seeking cleared Senior Network Engineers to design, operate, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise network environments supporting classified and sensitive law enforcement, national security, and criminal justice programs within the National Security Business Unit. The Senior Network Engineer will serve as a technical lead for network availability, performance, security, modernization, documentation, incident response, and lifecycle management across mission-critical network infrastructure, including routing, switching, firewalls, encryption devices, secure connectivity, monitoring, and change implementation.
As a Senior Network Engineer you will design, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot secure enterprise network environments supporting law enforcement, national security, and criminal justice programs within the National Security Business Unit. This role supports classified and sensitive network infrastructure, including routing, switching, firewalls, encryption devices, network monitoring, connectivity, address management, traffic routing, lab validation, and operational sustainment.
You will also provide technical leadership, mentorship, and account-growth support by identifying network modernization, automation, resiliency, security, and lifecycle improvement opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and sustain secure enterprise network infrastructure.
- Support routing, switching, firewall, network segmentation, connectivity, and secure communications requirements.
- Plan and implement network changes following approved change and configuration management processes.
- Maintain network diagrams, configuration documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and operational playbooks.
- Validate hardware and software changes in lab or controlled environments before production implementation.
- Respond to network incidents, outages, service requests, and escalations.
- Collaborate with systems, cybersecurity, COMSEC, CDS, application, endpoint, and service desk teams.
- Mentor network engineers, administrators, service desk escalation teams, and junior technical staff.
- Identify modernization, automation, resiliency, security enhancement, lifecycle refresh, and expanded service opportunities.
Salary Range: $158,000 - $170,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; TS/SCI preferred.
- 6+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience with routing, switching, firewalls, network monitoring, secure communications, and troubleshooting.
- Experience maintaining network diagrams, SOPs, baselines, and change documentation.
- Knowledge of ITSM, incident response, configuration management, and secure network operations.
- Ability to work across integrated technical teams in mission-critical environments.
Skills Required
- Possess an active security clearance (must be cleared)
- Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; TS/SCI preferred
- 6+ years of enterprise network engineering experience
- Hands-on experience with routing, switching, firewalls, encryption devices, network monitoring, secure communications, and troubleshooting
- Experience maintaining network diagrams, SOPs, baselines, and change documentation
- Knowledge of ITSM, incident response, configuration management, and secure network operations
- Ability to work across integrated technical teams in mission-critical environments
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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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.
