Work Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid Role, This position expects to be working on-site one day per week and teleworking on average the other four days per week.)

Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university
• 15+ years of network engineering experience – note: an equivalent combination of education and field experience will be considered
• Experience in selecting, testing, and deploying networking hardware and software
• Experience with ISP and Internet-scale networking, optical/DWDM, CDN, edge network security
• Background in building and operating large-scale backbone and edge networks
• Ability to understand scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks, dashboards, alarms (common uses: Python, Go)
• Expert level knowledge in large-scale IP networking technologies and protocols such as MP-BGP, OSPF, ISIS, VRF, VxLAN, EVPN, QoS, GRE, IP SEC, DNS, MACsec
• Experience with using software development to operate or deploy a large network
• 5+ years of experience using Ansible, Python, YAML, or Netconf/YANG
• Proficiency with various networking vendors such as Palo Alto, Cisco, etc.
• Availability and willingness to work off-hours in the early mornings and late evenings to accommodate the requirements of the change management procedures

Preferred Qualifications:
• Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification
• Experience managing voice systems PBX and IP telephony
• Experience with tools such as Cisco Prime, Nagios, and Solarwinds
• Experience in Systems Programming/Development, Electrical, UPS and power distribution systems, high-density cabling systems