The Network Engineer supports the Information Technology (IT) Networking and Communications Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team to provide enterprise-level, high-performance, highly available networking services in direct support of the customer’s business and mission needs. Responsibilities include:

• Executing a variety of operational related assignments associated with deployed operational solutions backed by Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, and SolarWinds on multiple sets of enterprise-level IT systems in support of the customer’s Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) and data center environments.
• Providing O&M support - installation, testing, validation, sustainment, upgrading, and decommissioning – as it relates to enterprise networking devices to include: switches, routers, firewalls, encryption devices, copper- and fiber-based connectivity.
• Providing the initial level of support for service request, incidents, and problems as escalated by the IT Enterprise Service Desk.
• Supporting the production and documentation maintenance of the Networking system(s), sub-systems(s), and component(s) in the customer’s IT networking portfolio, including as-built documentation capacity/performance plans, as well as other areas of server systems life-cycle planning.
• Travel approximately 20% annually.

Position Qualifications:

• Shall be Cisco Certified Networks Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching and/or CCNA Data Center Certified.
• Shall have 3 or more years of progressive and increasingly complex experience working with enterprise-level Cisco hardware, operating systems (IOS, NX-OS, ACI, etc.), and technologies (Voice, Video, Routing, Switching, Security, etc.) across enterprise information systems and networks.
• Demonstrated experience working with Cisco-based Routing and Switching technologies (i.e., BGP, EIGRP, LACP, HSRP, OSPF, PC, QoS, STP, VPC, VRF).
• Demonstrated experience working with Cisco-based Access Control Lists (ACLs) to secure network traffic at all supported layers of the OSI Reference Model.
• Bachelor’s Degree from an Accredited University.
• Shall possess GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) or Security Continuing Education (CE) or Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) to meet the minimum credential requirements for Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) Journeyman proficiency level as outlined in SECNAV M-5239.2.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strongly desired to be CCNP Collaboration and/or CCNA Security Certified. More senior Cisco certification levels (i.e., CCNP or higher) are a plus.
• Strongly desired to have 3 or more years of experience operating and maintaining networking solutions in secure processing environments which must adhere to U.S. Government Information Assurance and Security standards such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Requirement Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Demonstrated experience monitoring and assessing networking systems and solutions proactively for performance degradation, and tuning and optimization opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience operating, tuning, and troubleshooting Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) and TelePresence Videos Communications Server (VCS) to support enterprise Collaboration (i.e., Voice and Video) services across a WAN.
• Demonstrated experience working with software-based configuration management solutions capable of documenting, storing and on-demand deployment of pre-generated, reviewed, and approved network-device configurations such as SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM).
• Working knowledge of common networking troubleshooting techniques, methodologies, processes, and practices to identify and resolve low-level issues and problems.
• Familiarity working with secure encrypted networking devices (i.e., Taclanes and Border Guards) and communication circuits, protocols, and configurations.
• Familiarity with Cisco data center networking solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering, design, implementation, and management of modern data center infrastructure.
• Familiarity working with Cisco local and wide area networking (LAN/WAN) solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering design, implementation, and management of Remote Office/Remote Branch networking requirements as well as smaller purpose-built information systems.
• Familiarity with Cisco networking security solutions, technologies, and best practices to support the secure implementation and sustainment of enterprise network devices in line with information assurance (IA) and security (INFOSEC) compliance, governance, and requirement. Personal experience working with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and like products is a plus.

• This position will require an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance. Qualified candidates must undergo a CI Polygraph.