Network Engineer - Mid and Senior Levels - 10-15 Yrs Exp

Prodigy One, LLC. is a systems and software engineering services firm providing more than 45 years of service to state and federal customers. By combining unparalleled experience and capabilities, our company provides big data, cloud development, and enterprise management solutions. We are focused on product usability and end user presentation to help our customers make the best decisions possible. Given our length of service in the industry, Prodigy One knows the importance of a competitive salary and benefits package. That's why our total compensation package can be tailored to meet employees personal needs. 

A CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE
Clearance required: Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Location: Columbia, MD

Salary Information

• Level 2 - 10 yrs of experience + BS degree or additional 5 yrs of experience   

           185K-196K

• Level 3 - 15 yrs of experience + BS degree or additional 5 yrs of experience  

             205K-216K
  (The compensation of this position starts at the lower amount of the stated salary range while higher amounts may be achieved by the candidate accepting less PTO, waiving Healthcare, or both.)

Job Description

A Mid-Senior Level Network Engineer is needed to join a highly performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a large, complex, fast-paced program. Program execution follows DEVOPS best practices and employs robust development, test and production environments. We are using Test Driven Development (TDD) and test automation tools alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools in providing system engineering, development, test, integration and operational support for a program that is injecting new technology and adding advanced capabilities, while continuing to support an on-going mission and operational system.

Primary Responsibilities

The selected candidate will be responsible for router/switch/firewall configuration and security management of an environment that includes networking equipment from several different manufacturers, as well as Windows/Linux servers, databases, VMware and security hardware & software. The network includes local and geographically dispersed LAN enclaves connected by WAN links. The selected individual will be part of a team that builds, maintains, and develops enhancements for a large, complex set of geographically disperse Information Technology (IT) systems. She/he will plan and design network components/configurations to ensure that resources (hardware/software) are in place to enable the team to monitor and manage the IT system infrastructure and all processes and components related to these systems (both hardware and software). She/he will engineer solutions for expanding capacity, improving response time, and streamlining network operations throughout the internal and operational systems, will monitor and analyze mission critical networks and servers, and will set up, manage, and maintain security management and application performance optimization functions across internal and customer systems.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide network administration support for development, deployment, and problem identification and remediation of the enterprise network environment.
• Plan and implement IT/network enhancements and undertake project work.
• Monitor and correct network issues.
• Communicate with users and publish status of any system outages, as needed.
• Provide timely and professional support in response to calls and emails.
• Participate in the creation and ongoing maintenance of network documentation ensuring that clear, concise, and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.
• Provide enterprise network support, working closely with the IT service provider teams to ensure customer requirements are considered and supported by the evolving LAN/WAN architecture.
• Provide technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects and maintain good inter-departmental relations.
• Execute the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems in order to rapidly and accurately identify and remediate IAVAs.
• Initiate IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, extending IAVA patches and security updates to designated sites, and execute monthly security scans.
• Provide analysis on existing network and server configurations and develop plans for system enhancement