Network Design Engineer (TS/SCI CI POLY Clearance Required)

About the role

This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates new network technologies and makes recommendations to project managers regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network.
• Plans new network configurations and integration into existing networks to maintain optimal performance.
• May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.
• Oversees network control centers.
• Installs, configures, and supports an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN, Intranet and Internet and other data communications systems or a segment of a network system).
• Maintains and administers computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Monitors network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.
• Prepare technical proposals for presentation to the Government’s engineering review boards for adding new technologies to the network.
• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance and provide advice and guidance on the most practical technical approach to meeting user requirements.
• Perform a full range of upgrades in accordance with existing network architecture.
• Evaluate and recommend COTS applications and methodologies that can be acquired to provide interoperable, portable, and scalable information technology solutions.
• Optimize network topologies and site configurations. Plan installations, transitions, and cutovers of network components and capabilities.
• Analyze network characteristics (e.g., traffic, connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes, and throughput); recommend procurement, removals, and modifications to network components.
• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and correct problems in the network.
• Prepare troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels.
• Provide fault management for the network and supports performance management functions.
• Respond, isolate, and resolve network troubles. Monitor alarms and alerts to identify network elements causing network degradation or failure.
• Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Maintain operating systems, communications software, data base packages, compilers, assemblers, and utility programs.

Requirements

• Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
• Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port-channels.
• Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN. Experience should include application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments.
• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls.
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation. Extensive BGP experience a plus.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge.
• Initiative and disciplined to work unsupervised as part of a network engineering team.
• Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories a plus.

Qualifications

• Must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master’s and 10 years, bachelor’s and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years.

Skills

• Software, hardware, and standards information technology skills in the analysis, specification, development, integration, and acquisition of open systems for Information Management (IM) applications.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

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