Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Elite Government Strategy is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our dynamic team supporting ours and our Federal Customer's Mission in Huntsville, AL. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing, implementing, and maintaining complex network infrastructures to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability. As a key technical leader, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot advanced network issues, drive continuous improvements, and support the organization's evolving technology needs. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about leveraging innovative solutions to solve challenging network problems, we encourage you to join our innovative and dynamic team.

Core Responsibilities:

• Act as a senior subject matter expert in the areas of monitoring and analyzing enterprise networks and network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers encryptors, etc.
• Provide expert technical guidance and support to the Government, Project Lead, and other Network Analyst in support of monitoring and managing the customer networks
• Review the work of the other contractor personnel based on government standards and industry best practice and provide feedback and recommendations through the Project Lead
• Maintain awareness of trends and best practices related to networks, technology and IT-related topics and provide recommendations to the Project Lead and Government on possible improvements or changes to customer systems and processes
• Provide high-quality and professional customer service in all interactions
• Use the Enterprise Network Monitoring Platform to analyze and provide data and documentation related to the network performance of any or all network components.
• Serve as an on-call escalation point for other network engineers when they are unable to resolve a ticket
• Provide excellent and professional customer service in all interactions

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret Clearance, with the ability to obtain SCI
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience designing, developing, and implementing network solutions
• Expert knowledge of Internet Protocol (IP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Stateful firewalls and encryption technologies
• Working knowledge of network management tools, such as Riverbed, Wireshark, Micro Focus Network Automation, etc.
• Working knowledge of web applications, web servers, application load balancers and storage systems.
• Must have good knowledge of general security tools and methodologies such as firewalls, Intrusion Detection Sensor (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and access control lists.
• Experience providing Tier 3 support and issue resolution
• Experience providing senior-level engineering support
• Large enterprise environment experience
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Additional Skills and Qualifications:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Higher Cisco Certification
• Bachelor's degree in technology related field
• Experience in network engineering within the federal intelligence community
• Ability to adhere to a disciplined troubleshooting methodology, and ensure task/mission completion, along with creating and maintaining necessary information
• Python Scripting experience
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with attention to detail