Network Engineer

Come join our growing team with a 21st Century Vision! At KaylaTek, we understand that the key to our success is the quality of the people we employ. Our focus is not just on jobs, but on building and enhancing your career through ongoing professional development, training, and high quality of life. Our team members choose KaylaTek for a number of reasons including our competitive compensation and benefit packages, dedication to education, as well as our outstanding service. Our Grow Strong Vision encompasses a place for employees to grow, learn and feel a sense of belonging, not just a place to work.

Employee Benefit Offerings

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with company matching, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance, Paid Time Off, 11 Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Professional Development Program, Military Leave Support, Referral bonuses and more!

Annual Salary Range

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Shift Hours: Day Shift and 100% on site.

KaylaTek has an exciting Network Engineering opportunity supporting on the Air Force National Capital Region Information Technology Support (AFNCR ITS) contract in Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Essential Job Functions

KaylaTek is seeking a Network Engineer to provide technical leadership and support in the areas of information technology (IT) planning, solution specification/design, and target architecture development. The successful candidate will support the 844th Communications Group at three (3) locations - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), Joint Base Andrews (JBA), and the Pentagon. The candidate will also provide and support solutions on classified and unclassified networks for the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) and Headquarters Air Force (HAF). The well-qualified candidate will have a strong knowledge of IT and commercial solutions and significant experience designing and developing technical solutions. The preferred candidate has excellent communications skills, strong customer service skills, and experience serving as an advisor to a Chief Architect and/or other senior IT managers.

• Collaborate with other Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team members to document, design, & achieve target architectures
• Demonstrate successful systems development experience involving COTS/GOTS integration
• Prepare solution packages, documenting recommended technical solutions, estimated costs, and benefits
• Identify, assess, and present options for meeting functional and technical requirements, which may include hardware and
• software updates or upgrades
• Produce EA artifacts, including system design diagrams, recommendation justifications, & technical specifications
• Design and implement virtualization solutions using validated methodologies
• Maintain and upgrade data center virtualization, network virtualization, & cloud environments
• Define and design solutions to address customer business drivers/requirements and meet service delivery objectives
• Help resolve issues while implementing solutions and/or addressing systemic incidents
• Lead execution of the full project lifecycle, from planning through implementation to operational readiness
• Lead technical discussions, both internally and with customer teams
• Provide transparent and regular status updates in requested format
• Implement process improvements and provide suggestions for tools, automation, etc.
• Maintain core working hours but remain flexible to support after-hours maintenance windows (as necessary)
• Provide on-call support and systems engineering expertise when operational issues or outages are escalated (as necessary)

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant, technical discipline with 8 years of prior relevant experience or Master's degree with 6 years prior relevant experience. Additional experience will be considered in Lieu of degree.
• Active, DoD Secret security clearance
• DoD 8570 certification, IAT level II or higher (e.g., Security+ CE)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) credential
• Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Excellent customer service skills

Preferred Qualifications (Experience with 3 or more of the below disciplines)

• GEM One application management of encryption devices
• Network Management Applications
• Cisco Prime maintenance and management
• Cisco ISE maintenance and management
• Solarwinds NCM (Network Configuration Manager)
• Solarwinds IPAM (IP Address Manager)
• Hardware/IOS
• F5 load balancers
• Cisco Routers
• Cisco Switches
• Cisco IOS
• Cisco NX-OS
• Aruba Wireless
• Routing Protocols/Technologies
• BGP
• EIGRP
• HSRP
• OSPF
• DMVPN
• SNMP
• Spanning-Tree
• VPC Peering
• 802.1x
• Dynamic Vlans

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

KaylaTek is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-VERIFY AND BACKGROUND CHECKS

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. KaylaTek participates in the DHS e-Verify program. KaylaTek also conducts a background check on all candidates post offer though PROScreening LLC.