Successful candidate will be required to be in the office 1 day per week. This position is with a Federal government agency and the anticipated start date is June 3, 2024 - December 31, 2024 and the position may be extended. US citizenship is required for this position. 

REQUIREMENTS: 
The candidate shall possess the knowledge and skills set forth in the Technical Services BOA.

The candidate shall also demonstrate the below knowledge and experience: 
 Minimum of 10 years’ experience in supporting enterprise-grade routers and switches in 
a large data center environment 
 Demonstrating expertise in supporting and configuring the following technologies: BGP, 
OSPF, STP in NXOS and IOSXE platforms 
 Experience designing, planning, testing, implementing, supporting and troubleshooting 
large data center networks 
 Experience with Cisco Nexus switches (9K, 7K, etc) and Cisco Catalyst switches and 
routers 
 XVLAN, Wireless and AWS networking is a plus 

The Contractor shall deliver, but not limited to, the following: 
 Assist the networking team with daily operations and ongoing projects, including 
troubleshooting routing and switching issues, developing new designs, managing 
maintenance windows, and handling any other tasks as required. 
 Extensive expertise in BGP and OSPF, traffic engineering, route optimization, and 
failover scenarios. 

Capabilities

• Thorough knowledge of local and wide area networking technologies,
  protocols, and equipment as well as network security and business
  continuity.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Apply DevSecOps principles, agile software engineering best
  practices, and tools to IT infrastructure and operations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering,
  Information Systems, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related
  field.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in computer system or network
  engineering.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the most current Information
  Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards.
• One of the following certifications preferred: ITIL, CCNA, CCNP,
  Network , etc.

Capabilities:

• Intermediate level qualifications and capabilities per Section 3.5.8.1.
• Apply DevSecOps principles, agile software engineering best
  practices, and tools to IT infrastructure and operation.
• Support major network architecture changes, like new devices
  deployment and placement, network architecture redesign, hardware
  configuration changes, wireless deployments, and
  implementation/modification of test/development/medical device
  enclaves.