Network Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 2 week(s)

Skills

Networking_Network Engineer

Job Details

Our government client is looking for a Network Engineer on an onsite 9+ months renewable contract role in Mechanicsville, VA.

Position – Network Engineer
W2 RATE - $64/HR

Job Overview:
The agency is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer (Sr NE) to implement and provide support to the agency’s IT Network infrastructure. The Sr NE performs day-to-day activities related to the support, documentation, research, analysis, and implementation of agency Network related infrastructure.
Candidate must have in-depth, considerable knowledge and hands-on experience understanding, documenting, and maintaining Network related infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Considerable knowledge and working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers (including the ability to document, set up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)
  • Be capable of troubleshooting Network related infrastructure.
  • Identifies and diagnoses system problems by using line monitors, diagnostic software, test equipment.
  • Works closely with agency’s IT infrastructure suppliers and stakeholders to gather requirements, specifications, and configurations to assure they are accurate and up to date.
  • Responsible for assisting in troubleshooting and resolving network issues impacting application performance and uptime.
  • Assist in overseeing the installation, documentation, and upgrades of various agency facility data network infrastructure.
  • Will oversee and collaborate with cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize hybrid connectivity and SDWAN configurations.
  • Must have the ability to provide documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, firewall rules, and access controls when required.
  • Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects. 
  • Must have minimally obtained an industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)
Required/Desired Experience:
  • 8 years of Considerable knowledge and hands-on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, and wireless access points Required
  • 8 years of Considerable hands-on working experience setting up, configuring, upgrading, managing and troubleshooting routers/switches, and WAPS Required
  • 8 years of Demonstrated and hands-on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local-area and wide-area enterprise networksRequired8 years of Considerable direct hands-on experience engineering and design experience in networking industry required Required
  • 8 years of Industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.) Required
  • In-depth experience designing installing and troubleshooting local-area and wide-area enterprise networks Required
  • 8 years of Experience monitoring IT environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies, and standards Required
  • 8 years of Experience creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance Required
  • 8 years of Experience performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery Required
  • 8 years of Experience creating network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc Required
  • 8 years of Experience with networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, HSRP, QoS, multicast, IPsec, etc Required
  • 3 years of Experience working with SDWAN Desired
  • 3 years of Experience working with network topology related to Cloud Desired
  • 3 years of Familiarity and experience working with cloud networking Desired

About Vector:
Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY

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