Network Engineer - TS/SCI

Your Impact:

Come be a part of an exciting and ever-changing program that provides a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art solutions and hands-on assistance in designing, implementing, managing, and sustaining operations across various network environments for our customer.

We provide an environment that fosters and supports innovation and valuing "outside-the-box" thinking to solve complex problems. There are several training opportunities for team members that want to learn new technologies and stay current with their technical skillset. We are a highly technical group and nurture growth, with a technical culture of cross-trained teammates with opportunities to develop additional skillsets.

Responsibilities

• Designs and plans network communications systems.

• Provides specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture.

• Conducts cost/benefit analysis and provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.

• Conducts testing of network design.

• Responsible for monitoring network hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options.

• Plans implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the network.

• Advises network users of hardware requirements, configurations, and limitations.

• Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.

• Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.

• May be assigned responsibility for the management of the systems administration function, including associated staff.

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Here's what you'll need :

• Career level with a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts.

• Ability to articulate technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems with various levels of stakeholders.

• Independently determines and develops approach to solutions

• 4 years of experience in network engineering on network enterprise environments

• Experience in network design, implementation, and hardening

• Experience working on enterprise networks within classified environments

• Experience working with encryption devices (i.e. TACLANEs)

• Experience with Firewall management

Required Certs

• One (1) or more of the following: Security , CASP , CISSP, or equivalent IAT2 level certification

Required Vendor Certification

• Cisco CCNA or higher

Clearance Required

• TS/SCI

Minimum Years of Experience

• Four (4) years of hands-on enterprise network experience

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience working with Palo Alto hardware

• Prior Military Experience

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