LAN Lead Network Engineer

Description

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants’ mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity, we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense, make working here more than a job; it’s the Digital family. 

Digital Consultants seeks a Senior Network Engineer to serve as the DLA Western Region Local Area Network (LAN) Lead. The LAN Lead provides on-site technical leadership for all wired and wireless LAN operations across DLA’s Western Region. This position directs regional network engineering staff, coordinates lifecycle planning and implementation of LAN infrastructure, ensures compliance with enterprise standards, and maintains up-to-date network documentation and diagrams. The role serves as the primary interface with government POCs for regional LAN tasking, project tracking, and performance reporting. LAN Leads will work off-site but support enterprise LAN operations across assigned regional areas (Northeast, Central, Western, and South Regions), ensuring coverage at all enterprise locations identified in the contract.

Location: Hybrid-Remote in Tracy, California

Duties To Include:

• Directs network engineers and technicians across Western Region sites in executing LAN projects, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Coordinates with DLA J6, NTS-LAN, and other agencies on network design, procurement specifications, and equipment lifecycle planning.
• Provides technical input on LAN architecture, performs lab testing of new equipment, and supports deployment of wired and wireless technologies.
• Tracks tickets, projects, and special assignments in assigned region; monitors and reports progress to the Task Order Project Manager and Government POC.
• Ensure LAN diagrams and documentation are current and reviewed annually.
• Supports knowledge transfer, compliance with DoD/DLA cybersecurity standards, and local safety procedures (including Aerial Lift Training).

Requirements

• Clearance: SECRET with a Tier 5/SSBI (Top Secret) Background Investigation (critical sensitive).
• Certifications:  DoD 8570 Baseline Certification: IAT Level I AND relevant vendor or technical certification from a nationally recognized authority (e.g., Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Check Point CCSA/CCSE or Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE).
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years progressive LAN/Network Engineering experience, including two projects in technical task areas (one within the last 3 years). 
• Knowledge of Cisco, Palo Alto, INFOBLOX, and Ansible-based automation tools. 
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and teams across diverse locations.
• Strong understanding of LAN architecture, switching, routing, and network protocols.
• Experience leading LAN-related projects across distributed enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of network compliance and cybersecurity requirements in DoD environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• The candidate must be able to travel (10-20%) as needed to support Western Region Offices if critical network issues need to be resolved. 
• The candidate must, with or without reasonable accommodation, be able to sit, stand, use computers and monitors, and perform duties in an office environment for extended periods. The candidate must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. on occasion (e.g., move a case of paper or similar task).

Compensation and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $140,000 to $165,000. 

• The company offers the following benefits to permanent, full-time employees:
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits 401(k) plan with company matching Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, Veterans status or any other protected characteristic.

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