Lead Network Engineer

Employment Type: Full-Time Program: Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Pay Range: $140,000 - $195,000 annually

Xtreme Solutions is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to serve as the technical lead supporting the Congressional Budget Office's enterprise Cisco infrastructure.

This role provides leadership for network architecture, modernization initiatives, Zero Trust implementation, cybersecurity integration, and infrastructure optimization.

The successful candidate will collaborate with government stakeholders while mentoring engineering staff and leading network design decisions across highly secure enterprise environments.

• Design, implement, and optimize Cisco enterprise networking environments.
• Lead architecture for: Core networking Distribution Access Edge infrastructure
• Core networking
• Distribution
• Access
• Edge infrastructure
• Design network security aligned with: NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-207 (Zero Trust)

• Implement: Network segmentation Micro-segmentation Identity-aware access controls Least privilege architecture
• Network segmentation
• Micro-segmentation
• Identity-aware access controls
• Least privilege architecture
• Lead Cisco ISE / 802.1X / Network Access Control (NAC) implementations.
• Review and optimize firewall policies and perimeter security.
• Integrate enterprise networking with SIEM and Network Detection & Response (NDR) platforms.
• Lead vulnerability remediation planning and device lifecycle management.