NMS Network Engineer (NE III) (Government)
Chantilly, Virginia
Job Description:
AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.
Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community, providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video
and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.
AT&T has an opening for an NMS Network Engineer: To support a key program in AT&T’s National Security business segment and support our government customers’ global enterprise networks. Network Architecture provides solutions for modernizing the network components while supporting service delivery for customer requirements in a mission-focused operational enterprise. The NMS Network Engineer will provide expert knowledge of network management systems, operating systems, commercial software, government software, and full integration of toolsets and servers. This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
Description of Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provide Domain Name System (DNS), IP Address Management (IPAM), Load Balancer, and Webproxy services to end-users.
- Interface with end-users and other engineering entities.
- Maintain relevant technical documentation.
- Develop and maintain DNS, IPAM, Load Balancer, and Webproxy production system and solution, ensuring high services availability and resiliency.
- Perform lab vendor equipment, software, application, and solution evaluation, testing, integration, and security certification relevant to DNS, IPAM, Load Balancer, and Webproxy services.
- Support Tier-4 production troubleshooting of the services above.
- Develop pro-active analysis and solutions for the NMS and Operations teams.
- Leverage complex network analysis tools to identify and predict relevant services problems and aid in the post-mortem analysis of anomalies.
- Familiar with Infoblox and F5 vendor products.
- Experience in engineering, developing, and maintaining DNS, IPAM, Load Balancer, and Webproxy services.
- Experience of operations related to DNS, IPAM, Load Balancer, and Webproxy services.
- Design, plan, engineer, develop, automate, secure, document, and support the implementation and escalated support requests for delivered highly available (HA) solutions.
- Hardening, securing, and supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization and accreditation (A&A) efforts of engineered solutions.
- Automation and orchestration of common and complex activities to include testing, validation, and verification, as well as using modern tools and methods such as Ansible, Python, Terraform, and/or Windows PowerShell.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex system and services issues to include Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- System performance analysis and tuning to ensure efficient and optimally configured solutions.
- Leading engineering projects and teams through the Technical Processes of the Systems Life Cycle to meet deliverables and positive outcomes within scope and budget.
- Delivering well developed and engineered solutions as deployable packages by Operations teams to production environments with high success rate and minimal manual interaction by personnel in the process.
- Use methodologies to develop and coordinate projects and efforts using (Agile, Scrum, SDLC).
- Build and update documentation required for operations users and provide user handoff training.
- Monitor IT system, application, and network performance/availability.
- Leading engineering projects and teams through the Technical Processes of the Systems Development Life Cycle to meet deliverables and positive outcomes within scope and budget.
- Review, test & deploy DISA SCAP/STIG and customer specific security requirements.
- Delivering well developed and engineered solutions as deployable packages by Operations teams to production environments with high success rate and minimal manual interaction by personnel in the process.
- Work closely with Project Managers and Leads.
Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)
Required Qualifications: Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. (NOTE: This equates to a doctorate and 8 years of experience OR a master’s and 10 years OR a bachelor’s and 12 years OR an associate’s and 14 years OR HS and 16 years). Must meet 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 certification requirements.
- Advanced Experience deploying and supporting Cisco ACS.
- Advanced Experience deploying and supporting Cisco ISE.
- Advanced Experience deploying and supporting Network Node Manager (NNMi).
- Advanced Experience deploying and supporting Network Automation (NA).
- Advanced Experience deploying and supporting Splunk.
- Experience Supporting MicroFocus / OpenText products.
- Working knowledge of Service Now or similar ITSM.
- Must be able to work with minimal supervision to perform complex technical tasks and lead others effectively.
- Must be able to process and analyze information and trouble calls submitted by a customer (e.g., system administrator, developer, security specialist), make determinations, and provide and implement solutions.
- Proven experience automating the implementation and configuration of technologies to support large scale enterprise solution deployments and configuration management efforts.
- Hands-on experience with developing, evaluating, assessing, and refining automated testing, validation, and verifications methods.
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational skills, including attention to detail, multitasking and critical thinking skills.
- Skilled in working within a team environment within a professional office setting.
- Skilled in the ability to focus study and research to rapidly solve specific problems.
- Excellent and clear written documentation skills.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Excellent self-study to achieve advanced training as required by the team and the program.
- Thrive within a highly dynamic and changing environment while adapting and managing shifting customer priorities.
- The candidate must be highly motivated. Able to work independently with both local and geographically diverse team members. Using effective time management skills to meet deliverable timelines.
- Thrive within a highly dynamic and changing environment while adapting and managing shifting customer priorities.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience innovating in a collaborative environment.
- Advanced system architecture, design, and integration.
Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Department of Defense (DoD) Risk Management Framework (RMF) information security requirements, standards, and best practices; DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACP) compliancy with Retina, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations.
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent can meet the minimum IAT requirement for the role.
- ISC2 CISSP or equivalent is strongly preferred and exceeds the minimum IAT requirement for this role.
- Advanced system architecture, design, and integration.
- Programming experience: C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Perl, BASH scripting, PowerShell.
- Experience with databases. Ideally including Oracle and MariaDB.
- Cross platform and integration experience including Windows, RedHat Linux, Juniper, and Cisco.
- VDI VMware and Citrix experience.
- Team Leadership experience.
Ready to join our team? Apply today!
Our NMS Network Engineer (Network Engineer Level III) (Government) earns between $108,000 - $170,000 yearly. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays) *Pro-rated when working less than 40 hrs/wk.
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected · Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
Chantilly, VirginiaIt is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-65637 Date posted 04/30/2025
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