Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular-Long Term Assignment

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Outside Continental US

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The Opportunity:

Are you interested in continuing your career in Europe in a mission focused environment? CACI has established upcoming positions throughout the European theater supporting multiple customers for the Department of Defense. We are looking for experienced, innovative and motivated IT Specialists to support enablement of USAREUR-AF and their Mission Partners mission objectives.

CACI has an excellent opportunity for an experienced, self-directed, Sr. Network Engineer. This position is in support of a Department of Defense (DoD) organization, USAREUR-AF and their Mission Partners located OCONUS in Bulgaria, Germany (Dulmen, Grafenwoehr, Wiesbaden), Italy, Kosovo, Netherlands, Poland (Bemowo Piskie,   Boleslawiec,  Konotop,  Powitz,  Pozan,  Swietoszow,  Zagan), and Romania . This position is required to travel OCONUS.  This position is located in Hohenfels, Germany.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, designs, and implements robust, secure, scalable, and high-performance classified and unclassified network solutions that meet operational requirements and security policies

• Develops and implements Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines and supports Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) processes IAW DoD and industry security and engineering best practices, standards, tools, and techniques

• Provides IT communications services, including planning, designing, engineering, operating, maintaining, defending, and employing services

• Maintains networks to ensure 24x7 availability of critical systems on NIPR, SIPR, TS/SCI, intelligence, and communication networks, and supports Command and Control (C2) infrastructure

• Provides troubleshooting of incidents and problems, including developing work-arounds to return services to functioning status

• Sustains the transmission or communication path between geographically separated users and devices

• Plans, designs, installs, maintains, troubleshoots, resolves problems, and performs network asset management of Cisco switches and routers; Brocade switches and routers; Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls; Cisco firewalls; proxy servers; Intrusion Protections   Systems (IPSs); and encryption devices

• Configures VPN tunnels on Cisco, Brocade, and Juniper devices and configures TACLANES

• Maintains COMSEC account(s) in support of the installation of encryption keys

• Provides systems engineering planning and support for Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Provides migration and transition support to implement approved engineered solutions

• May assess and evaluate emerging policies and technology and make recommendations for network and system updates that improve the efficiency, effectiveness, availability, and security posture

• Evaluates and tests COTS and GOTS applications and hardware for integration into networks

• Applies measures to secure applications and hardware and ensures the network remains within ATO compliance

• Contributes to development and/or maintenance of deliverables, such as operational guidelines, user guides, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) documentation (DEL 19)

• May attend and participate in strategic discussions related to emerging technologies, network and system technology insertions, and project planning

• May lead projects for technology insertions and network updates

• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high-impact assignments

• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments

Qualifications:

Required:

• Currently hold a TS/SCI Clearance

• BA/BS + 7 years recent specialized or AA/AS + 9 years recent specialized or a major cert + 9 years recent specialized or 13 years of recent specialized experience

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

• CompTIA Security + (IAT Level II or greater)

• Expert level experience working with and supporting Cisco Routers and Switches in a complex enterprise environment

• TESA eligibility

Desired:

• ITIL v3 – Foundation

• Automation using Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript, or batch files

• Adaptable to changing