Staff Network Engineer – Baltimore

• Technical analysis in data center network planning, engineering, and design.
• Analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network problems.
• Technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexes, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
• Coordinates third-party maintenance for network equipment and troubleshoots problems with department users and department network administrators.
• Evaluates potential networking products, technical solutions, and capacity requirements to meet business needs.
• Validate enterprise-level network design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies. Makes changes to mitigate the risk.
• Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Reviews the customer’s network looking for opportunities to enhance network functionality, performance, and reliability by utilizing the proven industry best-practices and architectures.
• Specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
• Analyze current networking device configurations and determine implementation requirements.
• Develops implementation strategies, plans, and processes for a nationwide rollout/upgrade of the network equipment.
• Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for administering the monitoring and performance measurement system.
• Upgrade configuration of existing networking equipment to support new features and functions.
• Daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issue and develop risk mitigation solutions.
• Configure and maintain Virtual Private Network (VPN), Network Admission Control (NAC), Cisco Identity Service Engine (Client), Cisco NEXUS, Cisco ASR.
• Guidance for team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and Prime Team management.
• Third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems.
• Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support

Required Qualifications

• CISCO Certified Network Engineers must possess a CISCO CCIE or equivalent level of CISCO Certification
• Possess a second CCIE or CCDE credential
• Knowledge of Local Area Network technologies such as Ethernet, wireless LAN as well as the physical media and equipment associated with each

Education and relevant years of Network Engineering experience:
Five (5) years of engineering complex network systems in addition to the following education requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree with an additional fourteen (14) years
• Master’s Degree with an additional twelve (12) years
• PhD with an additional nine (9) years

Desired Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Cisco NXOS
• CISCO networks
• Knowledge of Wide Area Network technologies
• Understanding of network connectivity for physical and virtualized servers and Storage Area Network (SAN)
• Knowledge of IP routing protocols and implementations
• Understanding and experience with public and private cloud networking services