Network Engineer

Role: Network Engineer

On-Site: Washington DC

Salary: $200,000

Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph Required

Recruiting Heroes is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Network Engineer with a Full Scope Polygraph and a deep knowledge of network design and implementation. The Network Engineer will assist a cutting-edge Silicon Valley start-up, sell and maintain their solution across the DoD and IC.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice and guidance as our clients subject matter expert to ensure successful ongoing usage and adoption of our technologies
• Walking customers through the various stages of adoption with our clients Platform
• Helping customers with Integration of our clients Platform and other critical Applications
• Understand customers' business challenges and develop solutions using our clients Networks Platform
• Documenting best practices in developing and using our clients Platform
• Building customer project plans and processes for scalable and repeatable on-board experiences
• Developing metrics and reporting to understand key customer needs and trends.
• Create deliverables outlining data driven metrics showcasing customer value
• Undertaking discovery and education activities to identify additional opportunities for our clients usage across organizational functions and processes
• Working directly with our internal Product Management, Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams to share your knowledge and experiences to ultimately improve our business and our customer's success.
• Must be able to communicate business and technical value to all levels of management
• Some travel to customer locations (<25%)

Qualifications:

• Position requires an active TS clearance with FSP
• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent educational experience
• 5+ years of customer facing experience in a post-sales engineer role for a networking company, relevant software vendor, or as a Network Engineer for a large enterprise, service provider or Governmental agencies
• Strong understanding of Networking and Security fundamentals
• Experience in working with multiple Network vendors (e.g. A10, Arista, Cisco, F5, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks etc.)
• Strong cross-platform technical background including virtualization platforms, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.), network monitoring and other operational tools and practices
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques; Superior presentation skills
• Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to provide quick resolution to problems
• Demonstrable success in thinking strategically, executing tactically while providing consistent and high levels of customer satisfaction and retention in a fast-paced environment

Highly Desired:

• One or more of the following certificates: CCIE, JNCIE or VCDX
• Experience in working for a startup company
• Prior experience working with Governmental (Federal or State) agencies
• Working knowledge of API driven workflows and scripting languages (Python, bash, jq, graphql, etc)
• Linux jockey, approaching rockstar status

Who We Are:

Recruiting Heroes (RecruitingHeroesLLC.com) is an employment agency founded by a former First Responder. We are dedicated to finding amazing careers for America's Veterans, First Responders, and all of our candidates.

Recruiting Heroes LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected Veteran status.