Sr. Network Engineer

Job Description Job Description Description: SSI is hiring a Sr. Network Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA on a Navy program. As a Sr. Network Engineer with us, you will lead engineering efforts to develop, operate, and maintain complex technology systems using engineering principles, theories, and concepts. Must have an active Secret clearance. On-site requirement in the lab, 0700 – 1630 Mon-Thursday and working Fridays 0700-1530. 9/80 Work Schedule. Duties and Responsibilities: Translate complex business requirements and align the appropriate solution to support business needs. Take accountability for architecture, planning, design, and verification activities to create production-ready configurations for the Global Network via business focused projects. Provide technical leadership in developing methodology, process, and standards for measuring network and application related key performance indicators such as end-to-end application response time, latency, and overall throughput. Be responsible for effectiveness, quality of service, performance tuning, and implementation success. Requirements: 10+ years of experience with network engineering Must have CCNP or higher-level certification Experience with routers, switches, firewalls, MPLS circuit, NIPR / SIPR network, WLAN, ZTNA, Amazon Cloud, CUCM, voicemail, SCCP, Jabber, and SIP Experience with Cisco routers and switches, Quality-of-Service DSCP marking traffic queue prioritization, OSPF and BGP routing protocols, Dynamic mGRE tunnels, VRF, MPLS / VPLS, Q-in-Q VLANs, Wireshark packet capture analysis, and network monitoring tools such as What's Up Gold or Cisco ThousandEyes Experience interacting directly with clients, managers, stakeholders, and approving authorities to identify problems, analyze data, generate solutions, and communicate results Must have an active, current Secret clearance Desired Skills Experience with containerization, network orchestration, SDN / SDWAN, docker, virtualization Experience with Navy Defense Research Evaluation Network ( DREN ) or Navy shore networks like Automated Digital Network System ( ADNS ) SSI is committed to non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law. SSI is a HUBZone small business that provides professional services including systems engineering, information systems integration, and technology management services. SSI offers a generous array of benefits including: Employee Medical, Vision, Dental, and Prescription Drug Insurance Plans, 60% paid premium for dependents. SSI provides Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability benefits at no cost. SSI employees receive 24 paid days off in the first year on board. We also provide Military Leave benefits, a 401(k) Retirement Plan, education assistance, Personal Technology Refresh and Employee Referral bonuses. Positions subject to Service Contract Act (SCA) have benefits provided as required by law.