Network Engineer

• Manage day-to-day network operations to include routing and switching, network monitoring, load-balancing, and management of VPN appliances.
  


• Replace network infrastructure such as Cisco switches, wireless controller systems, access points, and telecom equipment.
  


• Ensure network logs are transmitted to the security information and event management (SIEM).
  


• Assist in reviewing and implementing customer changes consistent with existing policies.
  


• Review and update documentation to ensure consistency with current procedures.
  


• Work outside of normal business hours to support outage resolution, planned maintenance, or to implement an upgrade.
  


• Follow industry best practices, NIST guidance, and agency policies to identify potential issues and inefficiencies in the client’s network infrastructure and provide options for resolving them.
  


• Perform other related duties.
  


• Respond to urgent requests to restore service and address other high priority needs, including break fix when network infrastructure is down or severely impaired affecting:
  

• Business critical applications
  


• Server infrastructure, as a whole or partially
  


• User connectivity, as a whole or partially.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field with minimum six (6) years of experience configuring and administering network technologies such as Cisco, managing site-to-site IPSEC connections to minimize and eliminate network downtime for mission critical applications.
  


• Any of the mentioned certifications required: CCIE, CCNA, CCNP, CNE.
  


• Hands-on configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting for the Internet backbones, network fabric, data center interconnections, and remote access, which are traversing multiple platforms including on-premises and in the cloud, routing and switching, hardware and software, load-balancing VPN appliances, Wireless controller systems, Access points, and telecom equipment.
  


• Ability to perform continuous monitoring of the network infrastructure by utilizing, managing, and configuring network monitoring tools.
  


• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
  


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining outstanding customer service skills.
  


• Proficiency in explaining complex policies and protocols in simple terms.