Senior Network Engineer

Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, operate, and sustain secure enterprise network and unified communications services. The engineer supports LAN, WAN, VLAN, routing, switching, firewall, monitoring, NIPR, SIPR, AFSCI, and video teleconference infrastructure.

This senior position leads complex troubleshooting and change activities, supports AFCYBER and USCYBERCOM taskings, and validates network patches, software, and design changes in test environments before operational implementation.

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Design, implement, operate, and maintain secure LAN, WAN, VLAN, routing, switching, wireless, and unified communications solutions.

• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, and associated network-management platforms.

• Configure and sustain Palo Alto or comparable next-generation firewall services and security policies.

• Monitor network availability, capacity, performance, events, and security conditions and lead resolution of complex incidents.

• Troubleshoot NIPR, SIPR, and AFSCI connectivity and coordinate with Government and enterprise service providers through restoration.

• Support identity-based access, software-defined networking, Zero Trust, and micro- and macro-segmentation initiatives.

• Operate and maintain VTC and unified communications infrastructure and coordinate resolution of service-impacting issues.

• Execute applicable USCYBERCOM and AFCYBER orders, taskings, directives, and network changes within required timelines.

• Maintain and use TIC/DEV or comparable test environments to validate patches, software, configurations, and network changes before production deployment.

• Develop and maintain network diagrams, configurations, baselines, implementation plans, test results, procedures, and change records.

• Provide technical leadership, peer review, mentoring, root-cause analysis, and recommendations for network modernization and resilience.