Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it's architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions.

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government's mission and our client's business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation's cyber interests? Join our growing team as a Senior Network Engineer, supporting the NGA customer mission.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:

• Support the customer's Data Center network, application delivery, and network security environments to include operations and maintenance (O&M), system integration/deployment and solution development/design
• Provide tier III SME level support within the incident management process
• Work independently with project stakeholders, system owners, project managers, and technical staff to deploy or enhance IT solutions
• Coordinate with project staff for solution development and deployment while managing project aspects within applicable technical area of responsibility.
• Collaborate with system engineers across teams and disciplines to ensure solutions meet established technical goals and are deployed within established timelines
• Evaluates new network technologies and makes recommendations to stakeholders regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network
• Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, and support of LAN and WAN networks
• Diagnose hardware and software problems and replace defective components
• Support operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations
• Ensure systems are integrated with existing performance and availability management framework
• Schedule and coordinate systems changes within the established change management framework
• Evaluate new system hardware and software to ensure optimal integration with existing hardware and compliance with customer standards
• Prepare technical proposals for presentation to the engineering review boards for adding new technologies to the network
• Perform a full range of upgrades in accordance with existing network architecture
• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance and provide advice and guidance on the most practical technical approach to meeting user requirements
• Perform long term O&M activities to include tier 3 troubleshooting and problem resolution
• Interface with external tier 4 support staff and vendor support as required for problem resolution
• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and correct problems in the network while maintaining logs and records associated with reported problems or situations
• Prepare troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOP) for use by technical support staff
• Provide fault management for the network and supports performance management functions

Qualifications

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly

Education/Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree or years of experience in lieu of the degree

Required Skills:

• SME level understanding and experience with dynamic routing protocols to include OSPF and BGP.
• Professional or expert level certifications (at a minimum CCNP, F5-CTS or JNCIP) - CCIE/F5-CSE/JNCIE preferred
• SME level understanding of data center technologies. Familiarity with EVPN, VXLAN, Cisco vPC, ACI, F5 load balancing and RSTP is a plus
• Experience with Cisco, F5, Juniper and Palo Alto hardware and operating systems is a plus
• Understanding and experience analyzing TCP/UDP application flow using external network analyzers along with built-in network switch/router diagnostic tools
• Familiarity with DOD STIGs and SD-WAN
• Experience with MS Visio and documenting network architectures and application flows
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Effective at communicating technical ideas through presentations, documentation, meetings
• Learn and evaluate new technologies
• You will be responsible for managing projects from start to finish so initiative, time management, and attention to detail are critical traits and skills

What is ideal?

• 10+ years of experience with several years focusing specifically on data center networking and technologies
• Intelligence Community Experience preferred

What you can expect from us

• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $122,000 - $147,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.
• Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.

BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.