Network Infrastructure Architect/Engineer

Baltimore, MD, Full-time, On -site (Remote Temporarily)

Description of Work:

• 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, 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, 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 a high-level scripting language 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 creating and managing automation scripts to manage Network as a Service (Software Defined 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.

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. Final policy will be provided by the Manager.