CSfC Senior Network Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a CSfC Senior Network Engineer to join our team in the National Capital Region. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles - the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

Responsibilities

• Providing on-call and touch labor support in the sustainment of CSFC systems and networks.
• Providing SME assistance in the sustainment of Navy and coalition CSFC environments.
• Executing system maintenance activities including patching, updates, and configuration management.
• Installing, configuring, and supporting virtualized environments including VMware vSphere, Active Directory, domain controllers, DNS, DHCP, PKI integration.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining network appliances including routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN gateways.
• Conducting performance analysis, capacity planning, and throughput optimization for both systems and network infrastructure.
• Utilizing monitoring and management tools to ensure system and network security and optimal performance.
• Responding to unexpected outages and providing emergency support as required.
• Supporting future system expansion installations at additional locations.
• Maintaining documentation of system configurations, network diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Effectively interacting via verbal and written communications with technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Program Managers.
• Ensuring compliance with DoD STIGs and SCAP scanning requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Clearance Level: Top Secret IT-I
• Certifications Required: Comp TIA Security +; CCNA (Preferred); CCNP (Preferred)
• Education: Bachelor’s degree from any accredited university in Information Technology or Cybersecurity.
• Experience: At least eight (8) years of DoD experience with mid to senior level expertise.
• Experience with CISCO, Juniper, Palo Alto, Aruba network equipment and Cisco ISE.
• Expertise in performance analysis, management, design capacity and throughput planning for converged infrastructure.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2016-2019-2022 and VMware products (vSphere 6x/7.x/8.x).
• Cybersecurity and IT expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with NSA CSfC systems and architectures.
• Knowledge of Navy-specific IT systems and security requirements.
• Navy CSfC systems experience.
• Installation, configuration and support of Active Directory, domain controllers, DNS, DHCP, PKI integration, and VMware vSphere in classified environments.
• Utilizing performance and network monitoring, management and other tools to ensure security and optimal performance.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401K
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability plans
• Vacation time and holidays

Pay

Target salary range $150,000.00 - $200,000.00.

Schedule

Work schedule is day shift Monday - Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.