Connectivity Engineer 3

HRB; North Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks a skilled Connectivity Engineer to manage and optimize complex network systems. The candidate will implement and support extensive networks while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless data flow. This role requires a minimum of 12 years in network engineering, backed by relevant certifications and a bachelor's degree. Benefits include competitive compensation, health and wellness packages, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Health Insurance Plans

Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance

20 days of vacation

Pre-tax 401k program with company match

Qualifications

• 12 years' experience in similar programs required.
• IAT level III certification required.
• CCNP certification or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering services for network management including design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Resolve complex network issues and conduct security testing.
• Lead efforts in configuration management and system performance optimization.

Skills

Network Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Network analyzers

WAN test equipment

Network simulators

Job description

Tulzi Technologies, LLC (Tulzi) prides ourselves on an open, and honest culture in the workplace which builds a morale conducive to inspiring growth on our team, while balancing lifestyle by supporting personal and family goals with flexibility. Tulzi offers secure network systems and software engineering solutions in both public and private sectors. With certified expert consulting the team at Tulzi is able to address the customers mission, and follow through in the systems development life cycle.

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with poly
Title: Connectivity Engineer
Location: FT Meade, MD

Perform engineering services to enable all aspects of network management from network design through implementation, maintenance, sustainment of existing
networks, and identification/correction of complex internetwork issues. Implements and sustains Wide area networks (WANs), Campus Area Networks (CANs), Data Center Networks/Interfaces (DCN/DCI), Network Security (NETSEC) and Tactical/Deployable Networking Systems. Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents. Implements communication system requirements to
support the distributed functionality of a networked enterprise environment. Analyzes network characteristics (e.g. traffic connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes and throughput), troubleshoots problems and recommends modification of network configurations.

The Level 3 Connectivity Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

• Resolve complex network problems, and operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment and network simulators.
• Perform site surveys, system installations, configuration management, maintenance, modernization, and sustainment of a global Enterprise Network.
• Perform Connectivity engineering services to pre and post deployment tests.
• Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN’s, firewall contexts, and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate.
• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput.
• Validate new and existing dataflow and data formats.
• Lead large efforts of dynamic requirements and scale.
• Work with System engineers, customers, and cross organizational teams to refine requirements.
• Coordinate with appropriate dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients, follow-on data repositories and tasking organizations and understand potential adverse impacts on system-wide dataflow.
• Perform security testing and design evaluations.
• Employ Government standards to configure the interconnects between data centers, networks and security boundaries.
• Draft technical requirements, configuration management, and planning documentation.
• Perform support to QC, QA, and CM services.
• Design, integrate, configure, deploy, test and maintain numerous types of network devices, interfaces and technologies to include VPN, VRF, VSS, BGP and OSPF routing, and VLAN.
• Optimize end-to-end system performance (capacity, margins, data quality etc.) and dataflow management.
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components
• Coordinate with the system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations with minimal down time
• Facilitate the implementation of high-speed, scalable, fault-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN and LAN design.

Qualifications:
-Twelve (12) years’ experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type,
and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional network engineering experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
-Certifications: An IAT level III baseline certification as defined by DoD
8570.01-M is required. An IAT II will be accepted (Security + CE, GSEC, or SSCP) if the candidate obtains an IAT level III (CISA, CISSP, CASP, GCIH, or GCED) within 1 year of contract award and provide expected date for completion. A
CCNP certification or higher. ITIL V3 Foundations.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package and FUN place to work! Benefits include, but not limited to:

Health and Wellness Benefits

• Medical Insurance (three CareFirst healthcare plans to choose from, Dental and Vision Insurance, 75% covered for employee/ 50% per dependant

• Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions $1500 individual/ $3000 family

Personal Insurance Benefits

• Company-paid Life Insurance and AD&D coverage

• Company-paid Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance

Paid Leave

• Employees receive 20 days of vacation/10 holidays built into hourly rate/ 5 days of sick time (currently used for snow, jury, bereavement)

Retirement

• Pre-tax 401k program including 6% company match

• 100% fully vested from eligibility date

*Eligible after 90 days of employment

Tulzi Technologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.