Network Engineer (Senior)

DecisionPoint seeks a Senior Network Engineer to support data-center networking, software-defined networking, enterprise connectivity, infrastructure modernization, and outage restoration for the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. 

The Network Engineer will provide hands-on engineering support for Cisco Nexus and Application Centric Infrastructure environments, software-defined networking, top-of-rack switching, and data-center connectivity. This role will support network installations, technology refreshes, maintenance activities, service outages, and equipment-relocation cutovers. 

The successful candidate will work with network leadership, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, Government stakeholders, vendors, and the Outage Response Team to maintain secure, reliable, and resilient network services. 

This is a hybrid position based in N. Chicago, Illinois. The role may require after-hours availability during outages, maintenance windows, installations, equipment refreshes, and relocation cutovers. 

• →Active Secret clearance or higher. 

• →Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 

• →Minimum of 8 years of relevant network engineering, network administration, data-center networking, or enterprise infrastructure experience. 

• →Current Cisco Certified Network Professional certification. 

• →Ability to work a hybrid schedule in N. Chicago, Illinois. 

• Hands-on experience supporting Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. 

• Experience configuring ACI tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, endpoint groups, contracts, Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers, and external network connectivity. 

• Experience with software-defined networking and policy-based data-center network architectures. 

• Experience configuring and troubleshooting top-of-rack switching, virtual port channels, port channels, VLANs, trunks, routing, and redundant network paths. 

• Experience supporting data-center connectivity among compute, storage, virtualization, security, cloud, and network platforms. 

• Experience completing network installations, equipment refreshes, migrations, maintenance activities, and relocation cutovers. 

• Experience developing method-of-procedure documents, implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, and cutover checklists. 

• Experience supporting network-related outages, service restoration, vendor escalation, and root-cause analysis. 

• Experience with Cisco routing and switching technologies, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN routing, and Quality of Service. 

• Experience supporting WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, circuits, firewalls, VPNs, wireless infrastructure, load balancers, and cloud connectivity. 

• Experience with network-monitoring, configuration-management, performance-management, and observability platforms. 

• Experience applying DISA STIGs and supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, and POA&M requirements. 

• Experience producing network diagrams, rack layouts, as-built documentation, equipment inventories, and configuration records. 

• Familiarity with structured cabling, patch panels, fiber connectivity, inside-plant infrastructure, and network-drop planning. 

• Additional certifications such as CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent credentials. 

• ITIL Foundation or higher certification. 

• Experience working in a federal or Department of Defense network environment. 

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, change-management, and stakeholder-coordination skills. 

• Ability to support after-hours outages, maintenance windows, installations, equipment refreshes, and relocation cutovers when required. 

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.