Network Operations Engineers at Blue Rose Consulting Group, Inc. in Washington, DC
- Company: Blue Rose Consulting Group, Inc.
- Location: Washington, DC
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize LAN, WAN, VLAN, firewall, load-balancing, and remote-site connectivity supporting the Department of State’s global consular mission. This position supports the Department of State Consular Affairs global information technology environment, which includes…
Job description
- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize LAN, WAN, VLAN, firewall, load-balancing, and remote-site connectivity supporting the Department of State’s global consular mission. This position supports the Department of State Consular Affairs global information technology environment, which includes domestic and overseas facilities, on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, applications, databases, and enterprise support services. This is a contingent position based on contract award and final customer requirements.
Responsibilities
- • Configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and document routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, remote-access devices, LANs, VLANs, cabling, and network-monitoring components.
- • Support WAN connectivity for domestic and overseas locations in coordination with Department network providers and remote-site personnel.
- • Administer and troubleshoot Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, F5 BIG-IP services, CA API Gateway, and firewall rules supporting applications and interagency connectivity.
- • Analyze network logs, utilization, latency, bandwidth, and outage trends and recommend proactive upgrades or configuration improvements.
- • Perform diagnostic testing across LAN, WAN, cloud, and network components and restore connectivity during incidents, moves, maintenance, or continuity events.
- • Develop and maintain network diagrams, rack elevations, wiring plans, floor plans, IP documentation, outage records, and Telecommunications Service Requests.
- • Log all incidents and changes, participate in design reviews, and coordinate with engineering, security, and Government stakeholders.
Requirements
- • 5+ years of network operations experience supporting LAN, WAN, VLAN, MPLS, and enterprise connectivity.
- • Hands-on experience with Cisco routers/switches, Palo Alto firewalls, F5 BIG-IP, or comparable technologies.
- • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, switching, firewalls, network protocols, and troubleshooting.
- • Experience with network monitoring, log analysis, documentation, preventive maintenance, and change control.
- • Ability to support shift work, after-hours maintenance, and emergency response as required.
- • Active Secret clearance; certain assignments may require Top Secret.
- • CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA Network+, Palo Alto, F5, or equivalent certification.
- • Experience supporting interagency connectivity, DMZs, cloud networking, or global Federal networks.
- • Experience with Cisco ISE, Splunk, automation, or AI-driven network monitoring.
Skills
Required
- Network operations
- LAN/WAN/VLAN/MPLS
- Cisco routers/switches
- Palo Alto firewalls
- F5 BIG-IP
- Active Secret clearance
Benefits
- Compensation will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, assigned work location, and final contract requirements. Blue Rose offers a competitive benefits package for eligible full-time employees. Specific compensation and benefit details will be provided during the recruiting process.
About Blue Rose Consulting Group, Inc.
Blue Rose Consulting Group, Inc. (Blue Rose) is a certified HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business supporting Federal customers with mission-focused technology, professional services, and operational support. We are building a team for the anticipated Department of State Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) effort supporting the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, Enterprise Applications Directorate, Office of Consular Systems and Technology.