Network Engineer

Description

The company is hiring a network engineer for its ECS3 program, which supports an intelligence customer at sites across the continental US and overseas.

The program covers design, transition, day-to-day operations and ongoing service improvement, including technology modernization, technology refresh and Capital Equipment Replacement Program (CERP) work on the customer's local area networks (LANs), campus area networks (CANs) and unified communications (UC) services.

This is a full-time role on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Produce network design plans and layouts, and build the baseline configuration for each system.
• Review network topologies, traffic and capacity needs, then recommend solutions and give guidance.
• Present recommended solutions and designs to the government customer and other contractors.
• Carry out network engineering surveys and installations.
• Help build and maintain the standard documentation set.
• Perform IOS upgrades and device configuration changes.
• Maintain network documentation, including physical and logical diagrams, design records and inventory.
• Handle cable infrastructure work as needed.
• Submit change management requests for device installations.
• Possibly give technical support and troubleshooting to users and operations staff.
• Possibly carry out general network administration as needed.
• Travel up to 20% within the continental US to customer sites when needed.
• Join special projects as required.

Requirements

• Required: hold an active Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification.
• Required: have either a high school diploma or GED plus 7 years of experience, an associate degree plus 5 years, or a bachelor's degree plus 3 years.
• Required: have experience with network operating systems such as Cisco and Juniper, network hardware such as routers, switches and cabling, and LAN/WAN protocols such as OSPF, BGP and MPLS. Familiarity with Type 1 encryption is also required.
• Required: hold an active Security+ certification.
• Required: be able to engineer and document network solutions, not only deploy or configure them.
• Required: communicate well both verbally and in writing, including in presentations.
• Required: hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or an active TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain a polygraph before starting.
• Desired: a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical field.
• Desired: working toward CCNP or a higher network certification.
• Desired: JWICS or DISN experience, which is a strong plus.

Conditions

Full-time, regular position with travel of up to 25%, mainly within the continental US.

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

Because the role can be based in more than one location, the posted range is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range is $75,200 to $158,100.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits covering healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• A flexible time off benefit that lets you take the time you need.
• Access to learning resources for career development.