CORE​/WAN Network Lead Security Clearance

Position: CORE/WAN Network Lead with Security Clearance
Location: Sterling

CORE/WAN Network Lead Job Category:
Information Technology Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10% Type of Travel:
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* The Opportunity:

Team CACI has an exciting and challenging opportunity available for a CORE/WAN Network Lead supporting an Intelligence Community customer's CORE/wide-area (WAN), networks across multiple security domains. This position encompasses the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex, global enterprise networks. The Senior Network Engineer will act as a key technical leader, driving the evolution of our network infrastructure to meet evolving business needs.

As a leader in our networking team, you will be responsible for guiding and developing our workforce, spearheading problem-solving efforts for critical network issues, fostering collaboration among team members, and driving continuous improvement through staying current with industry innovations. This role will involve mentoring junior engineers, making strategic decisions during network incidents, and ensuring our team remains at the forefront of networking technology advancements.

This includes not only maintaining network stability and performance but also proactively engineering solutions to address new customer requirements and emerging technologies. This role demands a strong foundation in networking principles, extensive experience with routing protocols (including BGP), hands-on expertise with cloud networking platforms, and a proven ability to translate business needs into robust network solutions. Responsibilities:
* Manage on-site staff, providing guidance, support, and conducting performance evaluations.

* Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and safety standards.

* Focus will be on Network Engineering

* Coordination of system maintenance, monitoring and installation of multiple WAN environments encompassing multiple specializations, platforms and technologies

* Provide problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution for network issues.

* Escalate and communicate status to management and customers.

* Evaluate and monitor health and performance of the network including hardware and management software.

* Develop and maintain a road map for capabilities, operations, and technologies.

* Assist with development and execution of test plans and supporting documentation of all network configuration upgrades, additions or revisions for customer approval before implementation.

* Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure attainment of performance and availability objectives.

* Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.

* Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices

* Follows all Customer network security processes and procedures, ensures compliance with all Government policies.

* Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software, and infrastructure problems.

* Maintain and configure network components to improve reliability and performance.

* Conduct site surveys, planning, and design support.

* Collaborate with the team across departments and locations

* Collaborative across external service providers and customer to resolve incidents and problems.

* Work independently and as part of integrated teams.

* Apply advanced concepts and processes to daily activities.

* Maintain thorough knowledge of network and security systems.

* Act as technical interface with vendors and external stakeholders.

* Review and provide recommendations to technical documentation.

* Maintain outside plant cabling and manholes.

* Install and configure WAN hardware, including voice, video, and data systems.

* Support the development of system specifications, architecture designs, and integration plans.

* Implement risk management and quality assurance strategies.

* Support deployable networks for multiple mission partners.

* Travel to CONUS sites for deployments, installations, and maintenance.

* Develop and maintain customer's…