Lead LAN/WAN Engineer

The Bison Group

$180K — $200K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • IAT II certification or equivalent
  • CCNP or CCIE certification or equivalent
  • Current TS/SCI security clearance; ability to obtain CI polygraph
  • 11 years of experience with High School diploma; 9 years with Associate's; 7 years with Bachelor's; 5 years with Master's; 3 years with PhD
  • Deep knowledge of network components like Cisco, Juniper, and related tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead local- and wide-area networking efforts, offering guidance and advice to peers
  • Act as a technical expert on project teams and provide direction on service capabilities
  • Deliver expertise in systems architecture and communications network management
  • Manage small teams of engineers and technical staff, including cyber specialists
  • Provide insights on emerging technologies and integration capabilities
  • Consult with engineers and stakeholders on project requirements and technical direction
  • Demonstrate deep expertise with network protocols and configurations.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Accrued paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Full Job Description
Bison Group has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Lead LAN/WAN Engineer who will provide expert Design, analysis, research, and operation support to exceptionally complex networking problems and processes.
  • Serving as a leader in the local- and wide-area networking; highly sought by others for advice and guidance.
  • Serving as a technical expert on established and ad-hoc project teams providing technical direction, interpretation, and alternatives on existing and new services to meet both architectural and operational needs.
  • Providing expertise in Information Systems Architecture, Telecommunications Systems Design, Architecture, Implementation, Information Systems Integration, and Communications and Network Systems Management
  • May manage small teams of engineers and related technical staff such as cyber specialists and testers.
  • Providing insight into cutting edge technologies, integrations, and capabilities
  • Consulting with other engineers, team leads, or customer stakeholders on requirements, technical direction.
  • Providing expertise on, deep knowledge of, and hands-on experience with Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Ruckus, Versa, NOM, NetScout and/or related network components or network monitoring and management tools.
  • Provide deep expertise on BPG, OSPF, Tunnels (GRE, SudeoWire, VPN, L2TP), Spine and Leaf and BGP Peering.


Requirements

You'll Bring These Qualifications:
• IAT II, (or Industry Equivalent) • CCNP or CCIE (or industry equivalent) • TS/SCI security clearance with ability to obtain a CI poly

Education Requirement and Years of Experience:
• High School/GED + 11 Yrs
• Associates + 9 Yrs
• Bachelors + 7 Yrs
• Masters + 5 Yrs
• PhD + 3 Yrs

The Bison Group offers benefit options including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and accrued PTO including vacation, sick leave and holidays.

The listed pay range serves as a general guideline rather than a guaranteed salary. Final compensation is determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, role-specific responsibilities; candidate qualifications such as education, skills, and mission-aligned experience; market data, business considerations, internal equity, and any applicable legal or bargaining agreements (if any).

Salary Description

$180,000.00 - $200,000.00

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