Senior Network Engineer

Dexian Government Solutions is recruiting for a Senior Network Engineer to support our proposal effort at the DHA in San Antonio, TX.

Description

The Senior Network Engineer for CONUS supports the medical mission of the DoD and ensures that the highly complex and technical requirements related to the infrastructure are addressed. The Senior Network Engineer for Europe is a key personnel position, and identifies and resolves larger, more complex LAN/WLAN/WAN network problems and issues, researches network-level problems using network management tools, and is responsible for providing high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting of LAN/WLAN/WAN communication equipment for all DHA networked facilities within the European Region.

Serves as the regional point of contact for network issues, configuration management, and communications interconnection, addressing, and multi-protocol routing and network management. Advises and consults with Government staff, agencies, and other contractor representatives involved with LAN/WLAN/WAN design, network implementation, network deployment, and network management to ensure the LAN/WLAN/WAN adequately supports the MHS mission and provides optimal performance. Interfaces with and leads Network Specialists and internal or external organizations to resolve LAN/WLAN/WAN issues.

Required to resolve technical issues associated with network and routing protocols at all levels of the OSI model through the use of diagnostics and network administration tools such as Orion SolarWinds, ARMIS, and Ansible. An understanding of Management Information Blocks (MIB) and MRTG is required to measure, plan, and execute methodologies that ensure high performance levels and minimum downtime.

Responsible for the increasing levels of LAN/WLAN/WAN security in maintaining the LAN/WLAN-WAN barrier systems responsible for preventing unauthorized access to MTF systems. In order to meet these requirements, the Senior Network Engineer must be capable of establishing and configuring network firewalls, VPN devices, and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).

Responsible for:

• Providing written recommendations to personnel in the field, whether a change to network-level operations or an enhancement to the network (tuning or upgrade), and documenting the change via a ticket, creating a written standard, or updating existing written standards in coordination with the NetMOD Network Standards Team.
• Studying vendor products to determine which components and configurations best meet the requirements of DoD and MTFs in the Europe region.
• Establishing and implementing LAN/WLAN/WAN procedures and standards to ensure compliance with DoD, DHA, and DHA European Regional Command objectives and policies.
• Communicating with key customers on the status of all network support requests.
• Continuously evaluating and resolving complex technical issues associated with network and routing protocols at all levels of the OSI model through the use of diagnostics and network administration tools.
• Providing proactive input on policies and issues related to standardization, and developing and writing policies and procedures that identify best-practice solutions for LAN/WLAN/WAN operations.
• Defining and establishing minimum standards related to LAN/WLAN/WAN access and its impact on overall network operations.
• Leading and participating in other projects and support as the need arises.

Must be able to communicate effectively with a broad audience, including Government officials, medical professionals, and highly specialized technical personnel, both verbally and in writing.

Experience Requirements

• Mastery of standard networking protocols and technologies, such as TCP/IP, XDM, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, RSTP, VRRP, Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND), EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, Point to Point Protocol (PPP), High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), V.35, and RS-449, and a clear understanding of the 802.1d, 802.1q, 802.1w, 802.3, 802.5, 802.10, 802.11, 802.3u, 803.2, and 802.3z communications and Internet standards.
• Clear understanding of and direct experience with synchronous and asynchronous communications, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, ATM, and other communications media in use by the DoD and DHA.
• Experience with various Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDR), cable testers, network sniffers, and EIA/TIA cable standards and specifications.