NETWORK ENGINEER

Job Title

NETWORK ENGINEER

Location

Huntsville, AL US (Primary)

Category

Engineering

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Security Clearance Required

Secret

Job Description

 

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space. Ignite upholds our values of competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results through everything we do.

 

Ignite is currently seeking a driven, detail-oriented Network Engineer to join our team supporting The US Army at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

Job Requirements

Responsibilities include:

· Enable end-to-end transport of information through telecommunications networks via routing, switching, varying transmission mediums, and other means.

· Design solutions for the current corporate LAN/WAN systems considering availability, scalability, security and manageability as appropriate.

· Network engineering on a broad range of programs providing overall support for various mission critical networks.

· Responsible for maintaining all documentation, red-line schematics, manuals, data flows, PPPs documents, SLA with third party providers, including requirements documents analysis, design, development, integration, test, and implementation plans and processes.

· Provide recommendations to Operations on what features to enable and how to use them.

· Manage, maintain, and monitor all networks within the USASAC enterprise mission.

· Provide Tier III support to Operations in support of the LAN/WAN services.

· Respond to problem (architecture and design level) tickets associated with LAN/WAN.

· Provide project-based engineering and on-going enhancement engineering support for WAN/IWAN, LAN, and WAN acceleration.

· Perform assessments of business processes and design artifacts provided by Operations or service support staff.

· Work with other departments in designing, staging configuration, implementation and support as applicable.

· Requires demonstrated knowledge of Army Network Administration/Engineering.

· Experience with CISCO and Juniper Switching: STP, RSTP, MST, LAN tuning/ protection, VTP.

· Experience with WAN and VPN Solutions, MPLS, DMVPN Phase1/2/3, IPsec, IPsec/GRE, iWAN and performance routing.

· Experience with WAN Acceleration, SSL.

· Experience with Network Hardware Design and Configuration, Network Troubleshooting, Network Performance Tuning.

· Experience with Cisco WAN/LAN/VLAN technologies and MPLS tagging.

· Knowledge of ITIL Change & Configuration Management.

· Knowledge of Multicast.

· Experience with Network Access Controls (NAC) 802.1x.

· Experience in Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for new technologies.

· Familiar with DNS/DHCP, IPAM (load balancer) (F5), WAN Optimization and authentication systems SSL VPN.

· Experience with enterprise network management tools such as HPNA, SolarWinds, ACAS, HBSS, Splunk, or similar technologies.

· VoIP implementation and Support Current or former Cisco certifications.

· Exposure to other network monitoring systems and IT Service Management

· Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Work, Excel, PowerPoint).

· Maintains and contributes to root cause analysis, incident and issue management, redline architecture, and supports all modernization efforts.

· Perform capacity planning and give recommendations for hardware and software purchases needed to meet both current and future needs.

· Install and configure VPN solutions utilizing Juniper technologies.

· Maintain, configure, and patch network (Cisco routers, switches, VTC) and server hardware both physical and virtual (VMWARE) and migration to a virtual environment.

· Knowledge in audio/visual (AV) technologies, maintenance, integration, and implementation.

· Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure.

Job Requirements

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

· A minimum of 3 years of work experience in Network Engineering or related fields

· Must have an active Comp TIA Security certification

Security Clearance Requirements:

Must have an active Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain one.

 

Education Requirements:

· Education: BS in Network Engineer or related field. 36 months experience

· Certifications: CCNA, Security CE, and two CEs.

Other Requirements:

Must be a US citizen and be able to obtain and hold an active Security Clearance, and an active Comp TIA Security certification

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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