Network Engineer
TekSynap · Reston, Virginia, US
Responsibilities & Qualifications RESPONSIBILITIES The Network Engineer is expected to be able to accomplish the following: - Lead the design and planning o...
Job description
Responsibilities & Qualifications RESPONSIBILITIES: The Network Engineer is expected to be able to accomplish the following: - Lead the design and planning of complex network communication systems, producing detailed schematics and architectural documentation to support enterprise wide modernization initiatives. - Develop future‑state network strategies that account for capacity planning, mission growth, emerging technologies, and DIA operational requirements. - Conduct in depth cost/benefit analyses for hardware and software solutions, evaluating performance, lifecycle requirements, and long term operational impacts. - Evaluate and report on new communication technologies to enhance network capability, resilience, and efficiency. - Lead the testing of network designs including performance validation, interoperability testing, and engineering risk assessments. - Serve as a senior technical authority for approving significant network changes and modernization efforts. - Monitor and validate network hardware configurations to ensure alignment with operational baselines and mission requirements. - Optimize network performance, availability, redundancy, and security across LAN, WAN, M...