Network Engineer SME
Cambridge, MA
Category: Engineer
Industry: Government
Reference ID: JN -092025-103858
Date Posted: 01/26/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/Yir0UJ
Description:
Hybrid 3 days per week in Cambridge, MA
The organization is a premier technology integrator across engineering, intelligence, and enterprise IT, employing approximately 15,000 professionals worldwide. It designs, develops, and sustains solutions that enable diplomatic missions, support warfighters, and advance exploration from the ocean floor to space. With strengths in supply chain, hardware integration, and global network integration, the organization delivers end-to-end capabilities with a sustained commitment to ethics and integrity in support of programs of national importance.
Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident.Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Public Trust clearance.This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $75.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Manage and administer the Cisco Identity Services Engine environment.
- Lead the enterprise IPv4 to IPv6 transition across network domains.
- Design, implement, and manage data network services and resolve complex network issues.
- Provide direct operational support to internal departments on network incidents and requests.
- Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade network infrastructure components.
- Partner with application owners and IT stakeholders to deliver a scalable, efficient, and stable network.
- Research, plan, design, and implement network technologies using industry best practices.
- Collect and document network requirements with internal business units.
- Develop and contribute to network policies, procedures, and change management processes.
- Collaborate with virtualization teams to ensure interoperability between physical and virtual networks.
- Participate in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity activities.
Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience architecting and managing complex data networks.
- Hands-on design and architecture experience with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
- Expertise in routing and switching with protocols such as BGP and EIGRP, including QoS.
- Proficiency with Palo Alto firewalls and Cisco Firepower VPN.
- Experience with Cisco ACI and Cisco DNA Center (DNAC).
- Strong knowledge of IPv6 and proven IPv4 to IPv6 migration experience.
- Working knowledge of DHCP, DNS, VPN, MPLS, MTIPS, and Out-of-Band networks.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and firewall management.
- Experience with virtualization networking technologies (preferred).
- Comprehensive troubleshooting skills that resolve user-impacting network issues.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to attain a Position of Public Trust and complete the eApp NBIS form.
Education Requirements:
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Cisco CCIE certification.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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