Temporary Network Engineer Apprenticeship Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Req ID: 385063 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Lead Network Engineer to join our team in Arlington, Virginia (US-VA), United States (US).

Job Summary: 

NTT DATA is seeking a Lead Network Engineer to serve as the senior network engineering subject matter expert for the government client. The right candidate has deep, hands-on experience designing, testing, deploying, troubleshooting, and sustaining large enterprise networks and can lead complex engineering efforts across WAN, LAN, DNS, wireless, enterprise network tools, and cloud connectivity. This is a technical leadership role that requires broad enterprise network depth, not mastery of every vendor product.

Job Duties:

• Lead network engineering, design, testing, deployment, and technical troubleshooting for enterprise WAN, LAN, DNS, wireless, network tools, and cloud-connected environments.
• Maintain the design integrity, security, performance, availability, and reliability of client enterprise network services.
• Develop secure network designs for Government facilities, data centers, remote users, and commercial, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Produce and maintain technical requirements, high- and low-level designs, Detailed Design Documents, diagrams, test plans, implementation plans, and change documentation.
• Provide Tier 3 technical assistance for complex network and system requests, identify root causes, and recommend sustainable solutions.
• Test new technologies, hardware, software, configurations, patches, and vendor fixes before production implementation.
• Support change, configuration, release, technology refresh, capacity planning, performance monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and disaster recovery activities.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, cloud engineers, security teams, identity teams, and operations personnel to integrate solutions and transition them into production support.
• Brief Government and contractor stakeholders, mentor engineers, and lead technical reviews and problem-solving sessions.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or a closely related technical field.
  • In lieu of a bachelor's degree, at least 15 years of IT network engineering experience is required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in network engineering and design.
• Minimum 10 years of experience designing and supporting large enterprise WAN and LAN environments.
• Minimum 10 years of experience working with DNS, wireless networking, routing, switching, network security, and enterprise network management or monitoring tools.
• Minimum 10 years of experience engineering network connectivity for a hybrid/multi cloud environment.
• Minimum 10 years of experience developing technical designs, test plans, implementation plans, diagrams, and change records.
• Minimum 10 years of experience troubleshooting and resolving complex Tier 3 network issues. 
• Active Top Secret security clearance with ability to obtain SCI access

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with software-defined networking, SD-WAN, network automation, infrastructure as code, or configuration automation.
• Experience with Federal security controls, network segmentation, Zero Trust concepts, vulnerability remediation, or classified environments.
• Experience integrating network services with cloud, identity and access management, centralized logging, monitoring, or security platforms.
• Relevant networking certification such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
• Experience supporting DHS, CISA, or another large Federal enterprise.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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