Technical Lead - Enterprise Network Infrastructure & Security

Job Description

Job DescriptionAbout the Role


Ensisinfo Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Lead with strong expertise in enterprise network infrastructure, security, operations, and automation to support a California State Government project. The ideal candidate must demonstrate hands-on technical leadership and proven government project experience.

Mandatory Qualifications – ALL REQUIRED

• Government Experience: Prior professional experience supporting U.S. State or Federal Government IT projects is mandatory.
  
  
• Technical Leadership: Minimum 5 years of experience aligning IT systems with business processes, including 3 years in a lead capacity.
  
  
• Education: Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
  
  
• Network Infrastructure: Minimum 5 years of full-time equivalent (FTE) experience configuring and supporting enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, network interfaces, and high-availability environments.
  
  
• Network Security: Minimum 5 years FTE experience managing firewall rules, ACLs, VPNs, network segmentation, traffic filtering, and vulnerability remediation.
  
  
• Network Operations: Minimum 5 years FTE experience monitoring enterprise networks, troubleshooting outages, performing root-cause analysis, resolving incidents, and maintaining ITSM records (ServiceNow or equivalent).
  
  
• Network Automation: Minimum 5 years FTE experience automating network administration using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, vendor APIs, or comparable tools.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with LAN/WAN, VLANs, TCP/IP, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, and performance troubleshooting.
  
  
• Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE 4+, or CompTIA Network+.
  
  
• Experience with network modernization, cloud migration, and legacy infrastructure transformation.
  
  
• Familiarity with government security standards, GenAI infrastructure safeguards, and DHCS SIMM 5305-F requirements.
  
  

Important: Candidates must clearly demonstrate the required years of experience for each mandatory qualification. Government project experience is non-negotiable.

To Apply: Submit your updated resume highlighting government projects, technical leadership experience, and relevant certifications.