Network Engineer

Job Role:      Network Engineer Level 5
Location:        Woodlawn, MD

Contract W2

Network Engineer Level 5:

Description of Work:

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

•      Provides technical analysis in data center and cyber security network planning, engineering, and design. 

•      Provides analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network and cyber security

•      related problems. 

•      Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing,

•      such as routers, multiplexes, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc. 

•      Coordinates third-party maintenance for network equipment and troubleshoots problems with department users and

•      department network administrators. 

•      Evaluates potential networking products, technical solutions, and capacity requirements to meet business needs. 

•      Validate enterprise-level network design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and

•      deficiencies. Makes changes to mitigate the risk. 

•      Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product. 

•      Reviews the customer''s network looking for opportunities to enhance network functionality, performance and reliability by

•      utilizing the proven industry best-practices and architectures. 

•      Provides specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise. 

•      Analyze current networking device configurations and determine implementation requirements. 

•      Develops implementation strategies, plans and processes for a nationwide rollout/upgrade of the network equipment. 

•      Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for administering the monitoring and performance measurement system. 

•      Upgrade configuration of existing networking equipment to support new features and functions. 

•      Provides daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issue and develop risk mitigation solutions. 

•      Configure and maintain Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Admission Control (NAC), Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE),

•      Cisco NEXUS, Cisco ASR. 

•      Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and Peraton management. 

•      Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support. 

•      Demonstrate 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:

Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

•      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: 

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

•      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.