Network Monitoring Engineer

Centurion Consulting Group is looking for a Network Monitoring Engineer for an on site role in Woodlawn, MD.

Strong knowledge of SMARTS platform including NETOPS, RedHat Linux, TCP/IP network knowledge, GitHub and Bitbucket.

Position Description:

• Planning, project management, project monitoring, and implementation of the network monitoring system.
• Testing, validating, modifying, and integrating various scripts, programs, software and other components to improve the functionality and effectiveness of the network monitoring and management platforms
• Maintaining network performance management documents and status reports
• Researching, testing, and validating new network performance monitoring platform
• Creating and maintaining scripts, APIs, custom coded applications and software to ensure optimum performance and effectiveness of the network monitoring platforms
• Creating and maintaining scripts Visio diagrams of the monitoring devices and their placement

Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
• 10 years of experience as a Network Engineer focusing on network performance management.
• 7 years of experience with SMARTS enterprise network monitoring system, with at least 3 years specific to implementation and configuration of SMARTS tool.
• 4 years of experience with RHEL combine between versions 7/8/9.
• 4 years of experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python or Perl.
• Knowledge/experience/advanced skills on Broadcom Service Assurance (former SMARTS) monitoring tool.
• Broadcom NetOps monitoring tools knowledge and experience is a plus.
• Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.
• Ability to program in a Java enterprise (J2EE) environment using platforms such as Java Server Faces v2 (JSF 2), Enterprise Java Beans v3 (EJB 3), Java-based Ajax library.
• Experience working on Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Visio for creating Network Diagrams.
• Experience with Microsoft Project for creating and updating project plans.
• TCP/IP networks knowledge.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Perl and Python advanced scripting skills.

Desired Skills:

• Perl, Python, and Java advanced programmer skills.
• Developing on JBoss EAP environments skills and experience.
• MySQL database management experience.
• Knowledge of version control tools like Git or Bitbucket.
• Experience developing on Service Now is a plus.
• Cisco Certifications such as CCNP or CCIE.
• RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• Demonstrated experience growing, maintaining, problem monitoring and engineer problem resolutions.
• 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

Education:

• Bachelors degree with 7 years of experience
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.