Network Engineer
6 - 10 years
Richmond, VA
Contract
Onsite
2 months ago
About the role
For more details, please connect with Pawan Shrivastava at 510-983-4629 or email at [email protected]
Direct End Client: State of Virginia
Job Title: OAG - Network Engineer 3 (802036)
Duration: 6 Months
Start Date: 06/01/2026
Location: 202 North 9th Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Position Type: Contract
No. of Hours- 40 hrs/Week
Interview Type: Webcam
Requirement ID: SVA_NETW036_PS
Description:
State of Virginia - Office of the Attorney general
Candidate must be local and comfortable for Onsite Interview
Key Responsibilities:
Network Infrastructure Administration:
Firewall & Secure Connectivity Management:
Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
Security & Compliance Support:
Change Management & Operations:
Vendor & Carrier Coordination:
Cross-Team Collaboration:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Working Conditions:
Required Skills/ Experience/ Education:
V Group Inc. is an IT Services company which supplies IT staffing, project management, and delivery services in software, network, help desk and all IT areas. Our primary focus is the public sector including state and federal contracts. We have multiple awards/ contracts with the following states: NY, CA, FL, GA, IL, MD, MI, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WA. If you are considering applying for a position with V Group, or in partnering with us on a position, please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding our services and the advantages we can offer you as a consultant.
Please share my contact information with others working in Information Technology.
Direct End Client: State of Virginia
Job Title: OAG - Network Engineer 3 (802036)
Duration: 6 Months
Start Date: 06/01/2026
Location: 202 North 9th Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Position Type: Contract
No. of Hours- 40 hrs/Week
Interview Type: Webcam
Requirement ID: SVA_NETW036_PS
Description:
State of Virginia - Office of the Attorney general
Candidate must be local and comfortable for Onsite Interview
Key Responsibilities:
Network Infrastructure Administration:
- Administer enterprise routing and switching infrastructure
- Configure and maintain LAN, WAN, wireless, and remote access environments
- Support hybrid MPLS and SD-WAN connectivity across multiple locations
- Maintain network availability, resiliency, and performance
Firewall & Secure Connectivity Management:
- Administer firewalls, VPN solutions, and secure remote connectivity
- Implement and maintain network segmentation and access controls
- Support secure connectivity for cloud and hybrid environments
- Coordinate firewall rule changes and network security updates
Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
- Monitor network health, utilization, and performance
- Respond to outages, connectivity issues, and infrastructure incidents
- Perform network troubleshooting across routing, switching, wireless, and VPN environments
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
Security & Compliance Support:
- Support implementation of network security controls and standards
- Collaborate with the Information Security Office on vulnerability remediation and risk reduction
- Assist with logging, monitoring, and audit activities
- Support secure configuration and hardening practices
Change Management & Operations:
- Execute network changes through defined change management processes
- Validate planned changes and maintain rollback procedures
- Participate in maintenance windows and operational planning
- Maintain network documentation and diagrams
Vendor & Carrier Coordination:
- Coordinate with telecommunications providers and vendors
- Support circuit provisioning, troubleshooting, and escalations
- Assist with hardware lifecycle and support renewals
Cross-Team Collaboration:
- Partner with Systems Administration on infrastructure dependencies
- Coordinate with End User Services regarding user-impacting network issues
- Support Application/Data teams with connectivity and performance needs
- Communicate operational risks and system impacts to leadership
Required Qualifications:
- Experience administering enterprise network environments
- Strong knowledge of routing and switching concepts
- Experience with firewalls, VPNs, and secure remote access
- Experience troubleshooting network connectivity and performance issues
- Familiarity with wireless networking technologies
- Understanding of structured operational and change management processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Cisco networking technologies
- Experience with SD-WAN and hybrid network environments
- Experience in government or regulated environments
- Familiarity with network monitoring and logging tools
- Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST
- Relevant certifications such as CCNA or CCNP
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple operational priorities
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams
- Focus on reliability, security, and operational consistency
Working Conditions:
- Office-based environment
- Occasional after-hours support for maintenance or incident response
- Limited travel between office locations may be required
Required Skills/ Experience/ Education:
- Routing and switching
- TCP/IP networking
- VLAN configuration
- VPN administration
- Firewall administration
- Wireless networking administration
- Network troubleshooting
- LAN/WAN support
- SD-WAN support
- Network monitoring tools
- DNS fundamentals
- Network performance analysis
- Cisco networking technologies
- Remote access technologies
- Circuit troubleshooting
- Carrier/vendor coordination
- Network resiliency concepts
- High availability concepts
- Network documentation/diagramming
- Network segmentation
- Firewall rule management
- Secure remote connectivity
- Access control concepts
- Vulnerability remediation support
- Security incident support
- Change management execution
- Maintenance window coordination
- Incident response participation
- Root cause analysis
- Structured troubleshooting methodology
- Communication and collaboration
- Operational discipline
- Independent work capability
- Prioritization under pressure
- BGP
- Dynamic routing protocols
- Advanced firewall administration
- Cisco ASA or NGFW experience
- SD-WAN design/optimization
- QoS configuration
- Azure networking
- Hybrid cloud networking
- Zero Trust networking concepts
- SIEM/network logging integration
- IDS/IPS familiarity
- Government IT experience
- Multi-site enterprise experience
V Group Inc. is an IT Services company which supplies IT staffing, project management, and delivery services in software, network, help desk and all IT areas. Our primary focus is the public sector including state and federal contracts. We have multiple awards/ contracts with the following states: NY, CA, FL, GA, IL, MD, MI, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WA. If you are considering applying for a position with V Group, or in partnering with us on a position, please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding our services and the advantages we can offer you as a consultant.
Please share my contact information with others working in Information Technology.
Skills
Information TechnologyIT Services and IT Consulting