Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized —and highly regarded—within the network and security communities.

Candidate will provide professional network engineering services including discovery, design, integration planning, deployment, operational and troubleshooting of the multi-jurisdictional enterprise network.  This individual will be working with a team to support mission critical applications while ensuring that the network backbone services to the multi-jurisdictional enterprise network are not impacted.  The individual must be able to work under pressure and be able to prioritize demand, based on outage impact or project impact to the client.  This is a hands-on engineering position that will support all critical areas on the multi-jurisdictional enterprise network to include the following:  MPLS L3PN backbone, data centers, Internet edge and DMZs, Cloud connectivity, etc.

·         A minimum of 10+ years of experience in the IT Network Engineer Field.

·         A strong understanding of data communications required.   Experience with MPLS and DWDM required. 

·         Proficient with Cisco routers and switches required on the following OS’s:  IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS

·         Strong knowledge of the following protocols:  BGP, MP-iBGP, MPLS, VRFs, VXLAN, OSPF

·         Experience with Cisco & Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 load-balancers, SolarWinds, VPN and Cloud connectivity preferred.

·         Strong communication skills, and the ability to communicate difficult concepts and the associated security challenges and provide solutions to mitigate them.

Cisco Certifications a plus:  CCIE or CCNP level

Must be able to pass a background clearance investigation

Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate difficult concepts, associated challenges and provide solutions to mitigate them.

Minimum 4 year college degree in related field, or related experience

Consulting experience is preferred

Must have a U.S. Citizenship.

Partial remote work. Onsite work determined on an as-needed basis by client.

All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status.