Sr. Network Engineer

Position: - Sr. Network Engineer

Location:- Fort Knox, KY (Once in a month onsite required )

Need MIn. Secret Security Clearance

Network Engineer

As a Network Engineer, the individual will design, build, support, administer, maintain, patch network devices while responding to incidents, and recovering from service degradations and outages. In this role, the Network Engineer will support all network capabilities across all supported environments/enclaves. In addition, the Network Administrator’s duties include all network administration incidents, assets, and services. The Senior Network Engineer should have experience in the following management and technical areas:

• Designs, installs, integrates, sustains, patches, recovers, and manages the lifecycle of network devices across all supported environments and sites.

• Coordination with external agencies for Production and COOP sites for network configuration of the circuits and VPN on both the NIPR and SIPR. Knowledge of the RSN (Recruiting Services Network) would be beneficial.

• PPS (Ports, Protocols, and Services) Development and maintenance for both Production and COOP environments.

• Establishes networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.

• Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architects on network optimization.

• Reporting network operational status by gathering/prioritizing information; managing projects.

• Secures network system by establishing and enforcing policies, defining, and monitoring access.

• Rack Diagrams, Documentation, Designs.

• Work with Technical Director, Sr. System Engineer, Operations Manager, and Development Team on Network requirements, security changes and documentation.

• LAN Knowledge, DNS, proxy servers, Networking Design and Implementation, Network Troubleshooting, Network Hardware Configuration, and Network Performance Tuning.

• Understanding of operating systems, the organizations operating environment, network requirements, and system automation to include Enterprise Linux, enterprise storage.

• Understanding of the organizational security standards for operating configurations, security constraints, and procedures for managing organization software.

• Ability to work with system/Network Engineers to engage in joint project planning.

• Ability to configure TCP/IP, network interfaces and IP security.

• Knowledge of configuration management and quality assurance concepts and guidelines such as STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), IAVAs (Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert), DoD security standards, AGILE, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Institute of Electrical, and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), and Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

• Knowledge of networking and network-based software applications including Wireshark, SolarWinds, etc.

• Maintaining IT system patching schedules.

• Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) findings and resolution.

• Knowledge and experience in operations and maintenance of COOP services and system backup to maintain high availability.

• The senior engineer should have extensive knowledge of the following hardware implementations: Cisco firewalls, switches, and routers (including Nexus 7k, Firepower, 2960 switches, F5 load balancers, etc.).

• Understanding of switching (VLANs, Layer 2 technologies such as MAC addresses) and routing functions (how routing flows, basic understanding of OSPF and BGP routing protocols).

• Knowledge of Cisco ISE/TACACS.

• Plans, coordinates, executes, troubleshoots, and documents change requests, as well as both monthly and out-of-cycle ASI events, to perform moves, adds, and changes to network services and technologies, and apply and validate cyber security patches are installed on managed assets.

Qualifications:

• Must have and maintain a valid Security+ certification.

• Must have a valid CCNA certification.

• Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in Network Engineering/administration.

Preferred Qualifications/Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Information Technology, Information Management, or Cyber Security).

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: From $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote