Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a mission-focused Senior Network Engineer to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Herndon, Virginia!

***ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED***

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• A bachelor's or master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• A minimum six (6) years of relevant experience with one or more of the following skills:
• Providing technical guidance and direction for TCP/IP transport network design and engineering, network routing protocols, and advanced virtual networking technologies.
• Establishing overall strategic network standards and priorities.
• Analyzing the optimization of network system performance.
• Overseeing the strategic interface of network systems configuration.
• Assessing network engineering technologies, computing systems, and hardware and software protocols.
• Providing high-level technical advice and guidance to managers and technical resources on network technologies to meet current and future organizational needs.
• Identifying INFOSEC and COMSEC security requirements for the network.
• Cisco IOS, including switching, routing, segment routing, and other technologies.
• Radio Frequency (RF) and spectrum engineering.
• Optical networking technology and engineering.
• Satellite communications engineering.

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Experience with a variety of network technologies and solution architectures.
• Broad understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the networking field.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art systems engineering principles and network design concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of MPLS, TCP/IP, VPN, and IP telephony.
• Full working knowledge of the OSI model, routing protocols, and their application to router configurations.
• Experience working within a multi-vendor network security environment.
• Experience with routing design, techniques, and protocols such as BGP.
• In-depth understanding of peering, QoS, and traffic engineering.
• Cloud experience with AWS (VPC, transit gateway, private link, ELB, etc.), Azure (connectivity services – Vnet, virtual WAN, VPN gateway, application protection, application delivery, network monitoring, etc.)
• Security best practices for firewalls and perimeter security measures including VPN technologies.
• Continuous integration, test automation, and/or SecDevOps on iterative development projects.
• Experience with Agile Development methodologies.

Security Clearance Level

• TS/SCI with Polygraph (current)

Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site at designated facility.

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.