Network Engineer

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Requisition #: 1497

Job Title: Network Engineer III | Exempt

Job Title for Careers Page: Network & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Location: 300 Exploration Way Hampton, Virginia 23666

Clearance Level: Active DoD - Secret

Required Certification(s):

· DoD 8570 Level 2

 

SUMMARY

Maintain, operate, and automate legacy IaaS hardware footprint located at Langley AFB as well as modern AWS infrastructure.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Performs a variety of systems engineering tasks and activities that are broad in nature and are concerned with major systems design, integration, and implementation, including hardware, software, and support facilities and/or equipment.

· Provide network systems analysis, network engineering, and network security

· Provide technical inputs and evaluation of all aspects of networking, including software and hardware and critical interface issues.

· Provide network analysis of the reliability and availability of systems, evaluating network and information systems methodologies and conducting performance evaluation and optimization.

· Monitors and responds to complex technical control facility hardware and software problems. Interfaces with vendor support service groups to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance.

· Provides technical guidance for directing and monitoring information systems operations.

· Designs, builds, and implements network systems.

· Directs compilation of records and reports concerning network operations and maintenance.

· Configuring routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.

· Managing and administering firewalls (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.).

· Administering and securing wireless networks.

· Designing, implementing, and monitoring secure networks to meet the needs of KR employees and stakeholders.

· Identifying and defining network requirements (high availability, redundancy, security, etc.).

· Collaborating with various other teams and organizations to support KR applications and services.

· Provides documentation/project tracking and management reporting.

· Provides strategic input on overall network planning and related projects.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Certifications

DoD 8570 Level 2

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

· Five-plus (5+) years of demonstrated experience designing large scale, enterprise networks.

· Five-plus (5+) years of experience working with cloud and containerized environments.

· Five-plus (5+) years of experience with agile methodologies and lean software development practices.

· Five-plus (5+) years experience with the following:

· Various long-haul circuit technologies (TDM, MetroEthernet, MPLS, etc.)

· Encryption and VPN (DMVPN, etc.)

· SDN (Cisco ACI, Juniper Contrail, etc.)

· Cloud/hybrid cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, etc.)

· Network monitoring tools (CruzOC, SolarWinds, Splunk, etc.)

· Five-plus (5+) years experience with networking security principles.

· Five-plus (5+) years designing secure networks, systems and application architectures.

· Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies and methods.

· Resume has at least three (3+) or more examples of successfully troubleshooting large-scale cloud, hybrid and on-premise network systems

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills

· Palo Alto Panorama

 

Preferred Skills

· Palo Alto

· AWS

· Terraform

· Ansible

· GitLab

 

Environmental Conditions

· Typical office environment

Strength Demands

· Sedentary – 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Physical Requirements

· Stand or Sit

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