Sr. Network Architect/Engineer
Company: Beyond SOF
Location: Ashburn
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Working with an enterprise network architecture and engineering
team supporting our Federal customer, the Network Engineering
supports projects to upgrade, modernize and support the migration
of a Wide Area Network (WAN) communications infrastructure
supporting over 1200 field sites and multiple Program Directorates.
Eligibility/Clearance Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen
Clearance Preference: • CBP Full BI - 1st priority • Any DHS badge
DoD Top Secret or Secret - 2nd choice • DoD Secret or Top Secret
willingness to get CBP clearance - 3rd choice (it can take 45 days
to 6 months to obtain a CBP clearance – work can only begin once
the clearance is fully adjudicated) Certifications/Skillsets: CCNP,
CCIE, Cloud Design and Migration Position Roles and
Responsibilities: • Interface with customers to collect and clarify
requirements • Manage network communications testing, installation,
and support for the MAN/WAN system • Mentor and provide guidance to
other networking team members • Identify and diagnose problems
affecting network performance using software and hardware tools •
Provide recommendations to enhance and improve network performance
• Troubleshoot network infrastructure systems as needed • Perform
system engineering design, integration, and implementation tasks
and activities, including coordination of personnel, hardware,
software, budget, facilities, and/or equipment • Interface with
vendors when necessary during outages or periods of degraded system
performance • Evaluate, design, document, install, implement, test,
perform problem isolation and resolution, monitor, tune, and set
standards. • Provides client consulting and training on the
interfacing and use of the network facilities. • Researches,
evaluates, and recommends new computer network equipment and
technologies. • Utilizes monitoring, performance analysis, network
management, software and hardware equipment to trouble shoot and
isolate problems, gauge network performance, and trace data and
protocol activity. • Provides internal consulting, technical
guidance, information and support to application developers,
computer operations, company management and departmental clients.
Assists in internal training programs. • Must be able to work with
minimal supervision and possess excellent written and verbal
communication skills. • Provide for Tier IV escalation support of
CBP’s Enterprise Wide Area Network Infrastructure • Configure Cisco
network routers, switches and wireless controllers for LAN/WAN
connectivity • Develop network designs and comprehensive site
analysis • Cisco Firewall design and configuration • Root Cause
Analysis support • Troubleshoot, diagnose, investigate and resolve
issues with network connectivity and latency • Troubleshoot
multiple MPLS networks in a highly secure environment Knowledge,
Skills & Experience: At least 10 years of network engineering
experience of Medium to Large WAN network experience: functions and
concepts of a wide area network, designing LAN/WAN's and network
engineering: • Experience with Cisco routing/switching
configuration and troubleshooting to the CCNP level, ASRs,
Generation 2, and 1900-7600 routers, Cisco NGFWs, and F5 Load
Balancers • IP experience (to include sub-netting and routing),
IPV4/IPV6 • Riverbed WAN Optimization • Fusion Center • Cisco
Office Extend • BGP experience required • EIGRP and OSPF routing •
Cisco DMVPN concepts • Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) •
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) • Adept in using
troubleshooting and performance management tools such as Cisco
Prime, Riverbed SteelCentral, NetScout, Gigamon, Cisco Prime, etc.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies: • Cisco ACI
experience • Deep packet capture and analysis experience • Data
Center Migration experience • Amazon Web Services (AWS) CSR
configuration • Microsoft Azure/Office 365 • End to end application
mapping • Software Defined Networks Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT Systems, or
other related discipline. Education requirement may be substituted
with an additional 4 years of relevant experience.
Keywords: Beyond SOF, Harrisonburg , Sr. Network Architect/Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Ashburn, Virginia
