Network Engineer III

Description

The company is hiring a network engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer's wide-area (WAN), local-area (LAN) and campus-area (CAN) networks across multiple security domains.

This is a full-time, regular role in the Information Technology category that requires an active TS/SCI clearance to start.

Responsibilities

• You will focus on network engineering, new project requirements, and running and sustaining the existing infrastructure.
• You will coordinate maintenance, monitoring and installation across several WAN and LAN environments that span multiple specializations, platforms and technologies.
• You will help research and implement network-wide solutions, capabilities and enhancements that support the customer's business and mission goals.
• You will troubleshoot and fix network media and components.
• You will assess and monitor the health and performance of the network, including its hardware and management software.
• You will build and maintain a roadmap for network capabilities, operations and technologies.
• You will help write and run test plans and supporting documents for every configuration upgrade, addition or revision, and get customer approval before implementation.
• You will support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization so that performance and availability targets are met.
• You will research and report on new and emerging network and communication technologies that can improve capacity, performance and reliability.
• You will evaluate proposed changes and technology upgrades for performance, standardization and industry best practices, and recommend them.
• You will follow all customer network security processes and procedures and make sure work complies with government policy.
• You will represent customer requirements in technical discussions with other government agencies.
• You will carry out site surveys for new installations and technology refreshes.
• You will install, maintain and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment.
• You will create and maintain network architecture diagrams.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• 8+ years of related technical experience with network and transport technologies, tools and techniques.
• 4+ years of experience with large-scale enterprise or global networks in a fast-moving, varied environment.
• Understanding of the DoD Architecture Framework and other key DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions.
• Experience with Juniper switches, routers and firewalls, including MX, EX, QFX and SRX devices, and with cryptographic devices such as the KG-175G/F/X and KG-142.
• Experience with network analysis tools, such as network monitoring, AAA solutions and security analysis tools.
• Experience supporting IP services that connect to NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWICS and other external environments.
• Experience with switching, LAN and Layer 2 technologies, and with OSPF, BGP, MPLS, RSVP/LDP Layer 2 and 3 VPNs, VRFs, IKE/IPSec, GRE tunnels, MTU/MSS, import and export policies, IPv4, multicast, COS/QoS, SNMP, SYSLOG and AAA.
• Experience planning hardware for new site installations or recapitalizing existing equipment, planning projects, and drafting network diagrams and engineering configurations.
• Experience troubleshooting network environments and giving regular status updates.
• IAT II certification.
• Desired: JNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, Cisco CCNP, CCVP, CCNA or CCDP, or equivalent.
• Desired: ITIL v3 Foundations.
• Desired: ISC2 CISSP.
• Desired: experience integrating multi-vendor cloud environments.

Conditions

Up to 25% travel, including up to 15% to local sites, with possible voluntary travel to other CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Salary depends on factors such as location, federal contract labor categories and wage rates, prior experience, skills, education and certifications.

Because the role can be done from more than one location, the posted range is the national average.

Proposed salary range: $75,200-$158,100.

The company supports flexible working so people can balance quality work with their personal lives.

The company values equal opportunity and does not discriminate on protected grounds.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• A flexible time off benefit and access to learning resources.
• Learning and development opportunities.