Network Engineer

AAC Inc; Alabama; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AAC Inc. is seeking an experienced network engineer to manage planning, design, and operation of its LAN/WAN infrastructure. You will lead complex projects, design solutions, and mentor technical staff while ensuring quality standards.

The role demands hands-on expertise across Juniper, Cisco, Arista, and Nexus devices, plus ISE/NAC, IPAM/DHCP/DNS, and security tooling. Availability for on-site work with possible hybrid arrangements is required.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years IT experience with at least 6 years specialized in network engineering.
• Must have comprehensive operational and engineering experience with Juniper, Cisco, Arista, and Nexus family of routers/switches or equivalent routers/switches, load balancers, as well as remote access equipment.
• Must have thorough knowledge and experience with Cisco ISE/NAC.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, engineers, implements, and maintains complex network solutions.
• Leads and coordinates network projects and staff.
• Supports onsite daily with potential for hybrid onsite/remote work schedule.

Skills

TCP/IP v4/v6

BGP

OSPF

HSRP

Network access control

Hybrid cloud networking

Tenable Nessus

RMF

Communication (oral/written)

Network design & engineering

Documentation & SOPs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering

CCNP certification

Tools

Juniper routers

Cisco routers

Arista switches

Nexus switches/routers

Load balancers

Remote access equipment

Cisco ISE/NAC

ManageEngine OPManager

IPAM/DHCP/DNS

VPNs/Firewalls

Network analysis tools

Job description

Manages, coordinates, and performs many aspects of network resource planning, analysis of needs and services and participates in operation and administration of the LAN/WAN infrastructure. This individual participates in designing/engineering solutions, planning and executing new implementations and new product integrations, and recommends LAN/WAN improvements. Provides leadership to other technical staff. Plans, executes, and manages complex technical tasks and projects. Responsible for problem identification, recommendations, and solutions, and maintaining quality standards.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or other related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of IT experience with at least 6 years specialized in network engineering. Additional experience can substitute for degree.
• Must have comprehensive operational and engineering experience with Juniper, Cisco, Arista, and Nexus family of routers/switches or equivalent routers/switches, load balancers, as well as remote access equipment.
• Must have thorough knowledge and experience with Cisco ISE/NAC.
• Experience and expertise are required with ManageEngine OPManager or equivalent network management and monitoring systems, IPAM, DHCP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, network analysis tools, as well as implementation of multi-gigabit ethernet equipment and systems.
• Must be very proficient with protocols such as TCP/IP versions 4 and 6, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, network access control systems, hybrid cloud network, Tenable Nessus and Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Must be able to design, engineer, implement, and maintain complex network solutions, and must be able to perform complex technical/engineering analysis.
• Must be able to create standard operating procedures and network diagrams.
• Must be able to configure and physically install network equipment in the data center.
• Ability to work onsite daily with the potential of hybrid onsite/remote work schedule. Must be able to support onsite/remote outage needs.
• Must be detail-oriented, proactive, highly organized, and able to prioritize tasks and multi-task.
• Must have a positive and patient customer service attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
• Experience supporting a nationwide mid to large Federal agency enterprise is a plus.
• CCNP certification required within 6 months of start*
• Must be able to obtain agency suitability clearance prior to start.