Network Engineer III

Network Engineer

Provides network, communications, systems engineering and integration services necessary to implement and support new and upgraded networking services in a complex enterprise environment.

Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of network engineering and systems administration tasks that are concerned with the design and implementation of integrated networks, including personnel, hardware, software and support facilities and/or equipment.
• Supports the planning and performance of network engineering research, systems design development, and other assignments in conformance with DISA STIGS, network design, engineering and customer specifications.
• Shall make the operational availability, security, and maintenance of the WPAFB networks the primary focus of their support.
• Provide day-to-day application administration, implementation, and configuration management support for the WPAFB monitoring tools and applications. i.e. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Catalyst Center, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS), etc.
• Shall provide monitoring, configuration control, technical services, and second level maintenance and repair for the networks and infrastructure that comprise the WPAFB Local/Metropolitan/Wide Area Networks (LAN/MAN/WAN).
• Shall monitor the ServiceNow system for tickets assigned to the Infrastructure Operations Team and update the tracking system with status and resolution information.

Key Skills:

• Cisco ISE experience, specifically with policy creation, TACACS management, AD integration, and 802.1x wired/wireless certificate based authentication
• Cisco Catalyst Center infrastructure administration
• Cisco Nexus, IOS-XE, and IOS layer 2/3 device management
• SolarWinds node/device administration
• Palo Alto Firewall Management Experience
• Cisco FMC Experience
• in-depth working knowledge of routing protocols