Principal Cisco Network Systems Engineer - FUNDED

The Britton Group is a premier provider of intelligence and national security solutions, specializing in mission-critical IT services, digital transformation, cybersecurity and specialized intelligence support. With over 25 years of experience delivering innovative, secure, and agile solutions to the federal government, The Britton Group stands as a trusted partner in the Intelligence Community (IC), the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Founded in 2013, we are proud to be an SBA certified WOSB and EDWOSB with our headquarters in the Washington, DC Metro area. The Cisco Network Engineer will be responsible for design, deployment, testing, certification, patching, and addressing interoperability issues for all features, components, and application dependencies. To include switches, firewalls, load balancers, software defined networking, private cloud requirements, etc. This is onsite in Pocatello, ID and a current Top-Secret clearance is required to be considered for an interview. We’re basically looking for an Enterprise Networks Engineer with 6+ years’ experience, who has or is willing to get a CCNA, with a preference on Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) experience. Location: Pocatello, ID Clearance: Active TS Responsibilities Design, implementation and ongoing support of the Networking Infrastructure within and between data centers. Serve as the advanced matter expert for all data center network environments. Create and maintain network infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate LAN, WAN, vLAN, SDN, firewall and load balancer configurations, using both OEM and third‑party tools that include virtual network tools (NSX) and services. Provision/configure the required networking for servers and applications. Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the data center network infrastructure. Monitor and correct network issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks. Provide real‑time alerts for network problem issues and implement proactive solutions for future problems to include re‑design or tech refresh. Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for all data center network components. Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks, such as automated provisioning of addresses and VLANS with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval. Required Qualifications Design, implementation and ongoing support of the Networking Infrastructure within and between data centers. Serve as the advanced matter expert for all data center network environments. Create and maintain network infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate LAN, WAN, vLAN, SDN, firewall and load balancer configurations, using both OEM and third‑party tools that include virtual network tools (NSX) and services. Provision/configure the required networking for servers and applications. Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the data center network infrastructure. Monitor and correct network issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks. Provide real‑time alerts for network problem issues and implement proactive solutions for future problems to include re‑design or tech refresh. Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for all data center network components.Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks, such as automated provisioning of addresses and VLANS with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval. Desired Qualifications Must have an active and current Top‑Secret clearance at time of submitting application. Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), or DevNet Associate certifications. Bachelor’s degree, and six years of experience required. Experience with Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Tetration, Multi-Site-Orchestrator (MSO), Network Assurance Engine (NAE), Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), Nexus Insights, and Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC). #J-18808-Ljbffr