Network Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly

About the role

The Network Engineer (SME) is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The candidate will define processes to support the implementation of requirements. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and upgrade the overall security posture of the networks
• Perform security audits of events, overall health and implement changes to improve the overall program's security posture
• Manage and allocate network installation and engineering tasks, configure and maintain communications systems, familiarity with implementation of LAN and WAN equipment including firewalls, servers, workstations, routers, switches, hubs, storage devices, A/V equipment and equipment racks
• Write and edit “build-to” and “as-built” documentation, as well as implementation and test plans for physical and logical installs of IT equipment
• Able to engage in technical system planning beyond the network, to include applications and systems that utilize the network being delivered
• Provide expert level analysis of voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites
• Plan network layouts and configure systems to user environments
• May provide technical support and troubleshooting to users. (Tier I, II, and III)
• May serve as a technical team and/or task leader, must be independent and self-motivated

Requirements

• Experience allowing voice, video traffic across port-based firewall and NGFW
• Expertise/experience (more than 10) deploying Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper firewall
• Manager servers experience in engineering and deploying multi firewall solutions
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces (10 + years)
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transitioning plans
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall in a multicast network environment
• Experiences Remote access VPN
• 12 +years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall
• 10 + years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices. Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS)
• Basic understanding of QoS concepts
• Experience with network monitoring technologies
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
• Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
• Complex problem management research and issue resolution
• Ability to mentor junior network engineers
• 15+ years of related Network Engineering experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Technology degree in Engineering or a related specialized area/field, OR equivalent 19 years job-related experience
• TS/SCI with Poly clearance
• Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and team building skills
• Proven problem-solving skills in complex environments

Desired Qualifications

• Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices
• Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewalls Certifications and hands on experience
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying Muli-Factor Authentication solution
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Full flex work weeks
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Pay

$182,750 - $247,250

Schedule

40 hours per week