Network Engineer

Open Systems Technologies Corporation; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid time off

2 weeks Holiday pay

medical/dental coverage

STD

LTD

Life Insurance

AD&D

401k with up to 4% match

end-of-year profit sharing

Job summary

Open Systems Technologies Corporation seeks a Senior Network Administrator/Engineer to support the Department of Justice. The role involves leading network projects, guiding a small team, and representing the contractor with government personnel while managing network upgrades.

Required are Top Secret clearance, a BS in a related field, 10 years of IP networking experience, and certifications (CCNA / Network+). Benefits include robust training and a 401k match with immediate vesting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or related field, plus 10 years of IP network experience.
• Top Secret clearance required; ability to work with government clients and teams.
• Experience leading networking teams and designing, deploying, and documenting networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead moderately complex network projects and coordinate team activities.
• Provide technical guidance, set deliverables and schedules.
• Represent contractor with government personnel and oversee network operations upgrades.
• Ensure deadlines and performance standards for network deliverables are met.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

IP networking

Team leadership

Network troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Technology / Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

CCNA

CompTIA Network+

TacLANEs (encryption devices)

Firewalls

Job description

Open Systems Technologies Corporation is a leader in the government contracting marketplace, providing Enterprise Security and Cloud Computing solutions to support large organizations. Our capabilities include supplying federal government entities and private businesses with software development, scientific and engineering technical assistance, systems integration, and enterprise security. Since its founding in 1996, OST has been committed to delivering high-quality, best-in-class results that bring added value to our clients while investing in our employees’ futures by providing exciting projects to work on, and robust benefits to include technical training and certifications, relocation assistance and a 401K match with immediate vesting.
We are looking for a Senior Network Administrator/Engineer to join our team providing support to the Department of Justice.

Responsibilities

• The SNA shall lead moderately complex network projects or phases of a large project.
• The SNA shall coordinate work activities for a small group of technical/professional employees, and manage a moderately large, complex function.
• The SNA shall provide technical guidance and leadership; and determine deliverables and work schedules as appropriate.
• The SNA shall act as the Contractor’s representative to government technical personnel while leading the Contractor’s network requirements analysis activities, as well as the Contractor’s maintenance and/or upgrades to customer network operations.
• The SNA shall be responsible for ensuring the Contractor meets established network deliverable deadlines and performance standards.

Required Qualifications

• Clearance: Top Secret
• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and ten (10) years of experience in monitoring, managing, and administering internet protocol (IP) networks in a production environment or, in lieu of education, ten (10) years of experience. If utilizing in lieu of education, all experience must be at or above the position level described below.
• A relevant industry certification, such as CompTIA Network+, Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), etc.
• Experience leading teams of personnel with Network Administrator skills.
• Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining physical and virtual networking devices, encryption (experience with Taclanes preferred), Firewall devices and rules, and networking Layer 2 and 3 devices and configurations.
• Expertise in researching, evaluating, testing, recommending, integrating deploying, and installing network equipment and solutions to meet objectives and requirements to include new technologies.
• Ability to confer with and advise management, engineers, senior network administrators, and system administrators on the management, functional capabilities, and enhancement of supported networks.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, test, document, and implement changes to communications networks to ensure efficient operation, interoperability with supported and affiliated tools, systems, and networks, and maximized user experience.
• Development of automated methods to deploy switches and firewalls with consistent results using applicable technologies for various manufacturer products.
• Ability to manage, train, and develop skills of junior network administrators.
• Proven ability to proactively troubleshoot, resolve, and provide technical assistance related to networking issues in support of mission objectives and customer issues and requirements.
• Experience conducting reverse engineering of networks, producing documentation, and the ability to explain results and potential areas of improvement and optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Implementation of network Quality of Service (QoS) policies
• Use of SMB protocols to allow advancement of storage technologies.
• Configuring and validation of RDMA technologies.
• Expertise with Cloud and/or Hybrid Cloud networking integration and sustainment.

Benefits

• 3 weeks paid time off
• 2 weeks Holiday pay
• medical/dental coverage
• STD
• LTD
• Life Insurance
• AD&D
• 401k with up to 4% match
• end-of-year profit sharing

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