Role: Network Infrastructure Architect/Engineer.
Location: Baltimore, MD/Woodlawn, MD (Remote Temporarily).
Job Description:
DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; NAC; load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; NTP; AWS (Preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud, WAN, LAN, IPv6, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet Skills; EIGRP, BGP4, RIP, VPLS, MPLS; Active Cisco CCIE certification.
Research, design, and implement security solutions for network infrastructure.
Engineer network solutions for new & existing systems.
Provide day-to-day network engineering and operations support.
Provide tactical and strategic input on overall network planning and related projects.
Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
Challenge with working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions.
Work with highly experienced technical resources.
All other duties as assigned or directed.
Attending customer lab environment to work with new technologies and applications.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities needed.
10 years of experience with designing, configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network switching and routing protocols in a large enterprise network (7000 nodes).
8 years of experience with configuring and managing switches, routers, Load Balancers, and firewalls.
8 years of experience with Network Monitoring/IPAM (i.e., SolarWinds, NetFlow).
8 years of physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signaling analyzer, packet capture, and analysis.
8 years of experience and knowledge of Cisco IOS and Cisco Nexus Operating systems.
8 years of experience with WAN Optimization using Riverbed and trace tools like Wireshark.
5 years of experience with high-level scripting languages, such as Python or Perl.
5 years of experience with Gigamon.
Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification, IPv6, and PRIME experience.
Experience with Dynatrace.
Solid understanding of internetworking: security, routing, switching, SAN, and application networking.
Experience with Microsoft Server and Linux Administration.
Expertise in the Linux command-line environment.
High availability, failover, and redundant configurations
Network deployment and operations automation (Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning).
Experience with virtualization solutions (i.e., VMWare).
Experience documenting network information including of all switching and routing equipment, connected IP addressable devices and cabling interconnects.
Provide technical competence for auditing the existing environment by creating relevant documentation where it does not exist.
Plan, research, evaluate, design, and develop network systems by applying engineering, hardware, and software design theories and principles to develop a compatible system infrastructure in line with organization strategies.
Interface with customer IT leadership and internal teams to develop network, systems, and security solutions.
Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.
Experience in using MS Visio, Project.
Strong cloud networking & design experience preferably with Hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and Google.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities in creating and managing automation scripts to manage Network as a Service (Software Networking (SDN), Load Balancers, firewalls, etc).
Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation for network performance management.
Prior Federal government experience.
Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment.
Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.
Knowledge of relational databases and ability to construct and debug SQL queries.
The selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD***
Expect at least 2 days on-site and 3 days remote. The final policy will be provided by the Manager.