Network Engineer (Level 5)

Top Skills:
CCIE cert – Must Have


Program: NISS (Network Infrastructure Support Services)
Position:Network Engineer (Level 5)
Clearance: Public Trust | 6-8 weeks for adjudication
Duration: 10+ months
Location: Woodlawn, MD | 3 days onsite
Pay Rate: 102hr W2



Network Engineer

• Who will support several projects at a large federal agency. This position will be located in Woodlawn, MD.
• Provides technical analysis in data center and cyber security network planning, engineering, and design.
• Provides analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network and cyber security related problems.
• Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexes, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
• Coordinates third-party maintenance for network equipment and troubleshoots problems with department users and department network administrators.
• Evaluates potential networking products, technical solutions, and capacity requirements to meet business needs.
• Validate enterprise-level network design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies. Makes changes to mitigate the risk.
• Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Reviews the customer's network looking for opportunities to enhance network functionality, performance and reliability by utilizing the proven industry best-practices and architectures.
• Provides specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
• Analyze current networking device configurations and determine implementation requirements.
• Develops implementation strategies, plans and processes for a nationwide rollout/upgrade of the network equipment.
• Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for administering the monitoring and performance measurement system.
• Upgrade configuration of existing networking equipment to support new features and functions.
• Provides daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issue and develop risk mitigation solutions
• Configure and maintain Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Admission Control (NAC), Cisco Identity Service Engine (Client), Cisco NEXUS, Cisco ASR.
• Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and management.
• Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support.
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.
• A Bachelor's degree and 14+ years' of relevant work experience with at least 5 years in engineering complex network systems; OR a Master's degree and 12 years of relevant work experience; OR a Ph.D. with 9 years of relevant work experience; OR 18 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Cisco Certified Network Engineers must possess a Cisco CCIE or equivalent level of Cisco Certification.
• Possess a second CCIE or CCDE credential.
• Extensive verifiable knowledge of Local Area Network technologies such as Ethernet, Identity Service Engine (Client), 802.1x protocol, wireless LAN as well as the physical media and equipment associated with each.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Position of Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
• Preferred one of the CCIE certifications to be in Security domain.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco NXOS, Cisco Client, SD-WAN.
• Prior hands-on experience with Cisco networks.
• Knowledge of Wide Area Network technologies.
• Understanding of network connectivity for physical and virtualized servers and Storage Area Network (SAN).
• Knowledge of IP routing protocols and implementations.
• Understanding and experience with public and private cloud networking services