Network Engineer

The position is located at Fort Meade, MD and requires U.S citizenship with an active Top Secret with SCI eligibility. Primary Responsibilities Network integration, testing, security engineering, and implementation configuration support. Collaborate with network architects to define and/or continuously improve STIG compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking. Test and validate automation and best practice insertion opportunities. Assist with the developmentof SOPs/TTPs. Support Continuous Service Improvements (CSI). Support system performance tuning and enhancements. Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP). Support tier escalation of incident management support tasks. Active participation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem Management activities. Participate in engineering meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production. Perform technicalmaintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers. Provide knowledgeof network engineering and operations, large scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, as well as test and evaluation activities.Perform technicalmaintenance involving network devices routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX. Core Qualifications: BS degreeand 4 to 8 yearsof prior relevant experience or aMasters with 2 to 6years of prior relevant experience. (Additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a degree at the Hiring Manager’s discretion). Effective written and oral communication and problem-solving skills Active DoD clearance at the Top-Secret level with SCI eligibility Security+ Certification or other DOD 8570 IAT Level II Certification within a certain timeframe after starting if not starting with one when hired. Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, Network and Security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common security elements. 4+ years’experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including extensive routing and switching experience such as one or more of the following: MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols i.e. BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, switching protocols i.e. Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies. An understanding and in-depth knowledge of IP network/subnet addressing. Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports. Experience developing and presenting technicalinformation to team lead. Hands-on experience deploying, configuring and troubleshooting Cisco enterprise network routing, switching and firewall/security devices. Ability to travel up to 10%+ OCONUS travel. Preferred Qualifications Extensive knowledgeof network engineering and operations, integration, test and evaluation activities, as well as implementation and transition to Network Operations processes and concepts Cisco CCNP Route/Switch and/or CCNP Security Experience and with and practical understanding of enterprise WAN principles. Experience with change, configuration and performance management NetOps concepts. IAT Level III Certification (i.e. CISSP or equivalent). Join a dynamic team where your ideas matter and your career thrives. #J-18808-Ljbffr