Network Engineer - Silver Spring, MD

Job Title: Network Engineer

Location: Hybrid-Remote / Silver Spring, MD 

Citizenship: US Citizenship required  

Clearance Level: Moderate Public Trust 

AttainX, Inc. is in search of a highly energetic Network Engineer with strong technical knowledge, communication, and organizational skills to support our government client.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Must hold a CISCO Associate Level Certification in good standing (such as CCDA, CCNA, etc.), or greater
• 3+ years of experience implementing and maintaining network solutions
• Strong experience providing Network Engineering expertise and Tier 3+ support for a global enterprise computing environment 
• Demonstrated experience working in a cloud environment
• Experience researching and evaluating enterprise networking solutions and providing recommendations to senior leadership
• Experience working with VLANs and/or VRFs
• 1+ year of experience working with Network Address Translation (NAT) on firewalls and edge devices, including static NAT, dynamic NAT, and policy NAT for both inbound and outbound traffic flows.
• Experience implementing and maintain internal BGP (iBGP) for route propagation, policy control, and path selection within the enterprise network, including interaction with OSPF and other IGPs.
• Ability to Design, configure, and manage OSPF-based routing environments
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional global teams and acting as a networking subject-matter expert to support, troubleshoot, and implement enterprise IT solutions 
• Solid understanding of networking principles and security best practices
• Working knowledge of technologies traversing an enterprise network (e.g. virtualization, Windows and Linux systems, SAN, applications, etc.) to provide secure transport for same 
• Understanding of the system hardening processes, tools, guidelines and benchmarks
• Demonstrated proficiency in interpersonal, analytical, oral and written communication skills. 
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Prior experience working on US Federal Government Contracts
• Demonstrated experience with delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven enterprise environment
• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts to a dynamic work environment
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53r4 and 800-53r5-based security baselining practices
• Working knowledge of Google Voice administration, including configuration of desktop phones where required

Job Duties:

The Network Engineer is responsible for supporting the implementation and maintenance of Networking solutions for our US Government customer. 

Job duties include:

• Implement and maintain a dedicated IT development environment for testing patches and updates, system changes, and evaluation software.
• Patch management - automate the IT Security patches process required to keep the system secure.
• Implement modifications to the existing system boundary, which may include changes to VLANs and physical connectivity to other 8850-supported systems.
• Implement remote desktop technology for the workstations to allow the Help desk to troubleshoot and fix desktop problems remotely.
• Develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain network architecture including switches, routers, firewalls, cabling, wireless technologies, etc.)
• Provide innovative and cutting-edge solutions to network issues/concern.
• Provide business case analysis for varying solutions and include a cost benefits analysis for each solution.
• Implement approved modifications to the existing system boundary, including changes to VLANs, VRFs, and physical/logical connectivity.
• Configure and manage Network Address Translation (NAT) on firewalls and edge devices, including static NAT, dynamic NAT, and policy NAT for both inbound and outbound traffic flows.
• Implement and maintain internal BGP (iBGP) for route propagation, policy control, and path selection within the enterprise network, including interaction with OSPF and other IGPs.
• Design, configure, and manage OSPF-based routing environments, including area design, adjacency formation, route redistribution, and troubleshooting across multi-tier architectures