Network Engineer Level 5

Network Engineer

Seeking a Network Engineer who will support several projects at a large federal agency. This position will be located in Woodlawn, MD.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing technical analysis in data center and cyber security network planning, engineering, and design.
• Analyzing implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network and cyber security related problems.
• Maintaining technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing.
• Coordinating third-party maintenance for network equipment and troubleshooting problems with department users and network administrators.
• Evaluating potential networking products, technical solutions, and capacity requirements to meet business needs.
• Validating enterprise-level network design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies. Making changes to mitigate the risk.
• Developing advanced technological ideas and guiding their development into a final product.
• Reviewing the customer's network looking for opportunities to enhance network functionality, performance, and reliability by utilizing proven industry best practices and architectures.
• Providing specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
• Analyzing current networking device configurations and determining implementation requirements.
• Developing implementation strategies, plans, and processes for a nationwide rollout/upgrade of the network equipment.
• Developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for administering the monitoring and performance measurement system.
• Upgrading configuration of existing networking equipment to support new features and functions.
• Providing daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issues and developing risk mitigation solutions.
• Configuring and maintaining Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Admission Control (NAC), Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE), Cisco NEXUS, Cisco ASR.
• Providing guidance to team members and providing status metrics to Government customer and Sidekick Security management.
• Providing third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically providing after-hours and weekend support.
• Demonstrating strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree and 14+ years' of relevant work experience with at least 5 years in engineering complex network systems; OR a Master's degree and 12 years of relevant work experience; OR a Ph.D. with 9 years of relevant work experience; OR 18 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Cisco Certified Network Engineers must possess a Cisco CCIE or equivalent level of Cisco Certification.
• Possess a second CCIE or CCDE credential.
• Extensive verifiable knowledge of Local Area Network technologies such as Ethernet, Identity Service Engine (ISE), 802.1x protocol, wireless LAN as well as the physical media and equipment associated with each.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Position of Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred one of the CCIE certifications to be in Security domain.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco NXOS, Cisco ISE, SD-WAN.
• Prior hands-on experience with Cisco networks.
• Knowledge of Wide Area Network technologies.
• Understanding of network connectivity for physical and virtualized servers and Storage Area Network (SAN).
• Knowledge of IP routing protocols and implementations.
• Understanding and experience with public and private cloud networking services.

Position Requirements

• Employees must be citizens of the U.S., its possessions or territories, or lawful permanent residents as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20), or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).