Network Engineer

Full Time

    Skills

    NetworkEngineerLANWANAccessTestComputerEngineeringSystemsLinux

    Job Description

    Job ID: 2215032

    Location: RESTON, VA, US

    Date Posted: 2022-10-06

    Category: Information Technology

    Subcategory: Network Engineer

    Schedule: Full-time

    Shift: Day Job

    Travel: No

    Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

    Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

    Potential for Remote Work: No

    Description

    SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.

    SAIC is seeking a Network Engineer to work on a dynamic, energized team on a leading edge technology program with an exciting mission critical to national security objectives. This position is contingent upon successful award of a follow-on contract. Successful candidates in this position will demonstrate an aptitude for creative problem solving, attention to detail, negotiating competing priorities, and excellent communication skills.

    The Network Engineer will be responsible for developing, engineering, and deploying technical solutions within an IC wide, dedicated mission network. This individual will work within a small, mission focused team of network and systems engineers to implement technical solutions addressing challenging collaboration and data protection problems. This role performs the following core functions:

    Develop Datacenter, LAN, WAN, and Client Access networks/systems

    Integrate, Test, and deploy systems

    Perform full lifecycle management of network systems (building, deploying, maintaining)

    Monitor networks

    Qualifications

    Active TS/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph

    5+ years of relevant experience in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems (or comparable documented work experience).

    Recent hands-on experience with Cisco Datacenter, WAN, LAN, Client Access technologies such as MACsec, HSRP, VRF, VPC, ACLs, BGP, EIGRP

    Recent hands-on experience with IOS-XE, NX-OS, Linux

    Recent hands-on experience with customer specific classified and unclassified transport networks

    Recent hands-on experience with Firewalls and VPN Concentrators (FTD and ASA)

    Hands-on experience with Software Defined Networking technologies

    Recent hands on experience with Network and Application load balancers

    Knowledge of, and hands on experience implementing IT and Cyber Security best practices

    Experience with managing engineering projects (i.e., design, build, deploy).

    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, determine course of action and act promptly and effectively when problems arise.

    Experience with scripting languages such as, Bash, Powershell, python, etc.

    Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communications skills.

    Ability to travel on an infrequent, but as needed basis, primarily CONUS

    Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently as well on collaborative teams.

    DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

    Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining sensitive networks.

    Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) networks

    Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Cisco ASAs via Firepower Management

    Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Cisco Hyperflex

    Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Palo Alto Firewalls via Panorama

    Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Citrix Application Delivery Controllers

    Knowledge with SIEM and security analytical technologies (e.g. Splunk, pcap, Netflow, Solarwinds, etc.)

    Experience with Linux OS, Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS.

    Hands-on experience with cloud technologies, their provisioning and security.

    Ability to assess emerging technologies, determine their impact on corporate systems and incorporate them into technical plans.

    Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.