Trace3
Network Engineer SME
$223K–$243K
Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Linthicum Heights, MD
Washington D.C. - Experience
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, modernizing, and supporting complex enterprise networks.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study preferred but not required.
About the job
Serves as the technical authority for a federal infrastructure program, guiding enterprise network architecture and modernization while resolving complex issues and advising customer and program leadership.
What you'll do
- Set network architecture principles, standards, target-state designs, and migration plans; review and approve technical solutions.
- Lead assessments, risk reviews, and root-cause analysis; resolve escalated network incidents and performance issues.
- Coordinate cross-functional technical work, advise stakeholders, and mentor engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Expertise with Cisco enterprise routing, switching, firewall, VPN, and data-center technologies.
- Advanced knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, QoS, multicast, segmentation, and high availability.
- Experience as a network architect, technical authority, or senior escalation resource in mission-critical environments.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance; no active clearance required at start.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of EVPN/VXLAN, software-defined networking, data-center fabrics, and high-performance or low-latency networks.
- Network automation experience using Python, Ansible, APIs, infrastructure as code, or CI/CD practices.
Pay
$223,000 — $243,000 USD base salary
Tools
Cisco, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, QoS, Python, Ansible
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