Network Engineer III

About the Role

Lawelawe is a Native Hawaiian Owned Small Disadvantaged Business (NHO SDB) that specializes in providing a range of services to federal government clients, including program management, digital solutions, human capital and training. Lawelawe leverages our NHO status to secure federal contracts that not only drive business success but also support our overall mission to uplift economically disadvantaged Native Hawaiian families and preserve the Native Hawaiian heritage.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and sustain new or existing information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other communications networks.
• Administer day-to-day sustainment, integrity, security, and availability of the network.
• Perform daily performance monitoring, capacity analysis, and maintain security posture of the network.
• Assist architecture and engineering with evaluation, making recommendations and testing of network hardware and software products.
• Coordinate changes such as implementation of new networks, upgrades, or version increments to existing networks.
• Create standard operating procedures, maintenance guides, and knowledge base articles.
• Perform network infrastructure maintenance upgrades to ensure a proper security and operational posture is maintained.
• Work with other senior technical and user staff to complete projects.
• Operate with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems.
• Respond to network issues and complete assigned trouble tickets at all network data closets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Six (6) or more years of experience as a Network Engineer.
• Bachelor's degree.
• US citizenship required.
• Active secret security clearance required.
• CompTIA Security+ certification required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Visio.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• Proficient in English, written and spoken.
• Must be available for after-hours on-call and downtime support on rotational basis.
• Ability to work on feet for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to install network equipment and lift up to 40 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting a DoD environment.
• Active Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification preferred.