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This is a 100% on-site position at the customer site in Bethesda, MD, at the Intelligence Community Campus.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\n Provide senior-level technical expertise in the design, implementation, and sustainment of highly available, scalable, and secure data center and enterprise network environments, including spine-leaf topologies, virtualized environments, and fabric networks.\nSupport the planning and integration of LAN/WAN infrastructure, ensuring seamless and secure connectivity among on-premises systems, cloud environments, and external mission networks.\nProvide technical leadership in the configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting of Cisco ACI, routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers in support of mission-critical operations.\nAnalyze and optimize network connectivity and performance across servers, storage, hypervisors, and data center interconnects to support network throughput, availability, and reliability requirements.\nOversee the 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mentoring, and work direction to network engineers and technicians, assisting with complex technical issues and supporting professional development.\nAssist leadership with resource planning, work schedules, and personnel coverage to support operational and mission requirements.\nSupport the evaluation of resumes and technical qualifications for network engineering vacancies and participate in candidate interviews as a technical subject matter expert, as needed.\nProvide input to leadership regarding the performance and development of assigned personnel, including periodic feedback and assessments against established employee goals and corporate guidelines, as needed.\nReview and approve timesheets for assigned personnel in accordance with corporate standards and established procedures, as needed.\nProvide after-hours or on-call technical support as required for critical outages, service interruptions, and other mission-impacting events.\nRequired Qualifications\n Proven experience 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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 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