Network Engineer 2 with Security Clearance

RealmOne; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RealmOne seeks a skilled Network Engineer to support DoD missions by designing, implementing, maintaining, and upgrading complex network infrastructures in a high-security environment. The role focuses on LAN/CAN/WAN administration, VPNs, IPSec, and VoIP, with emphasis on performance optimization and dataflow management.

Candidates should have a master’s or relevant bachelor’s with extensive experience, active DoD clearance, and familiarity with Arista, Cisco/Juniper ecosystems, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS or related field with 6+ years of network engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with 8+ years of network engineering experience
• IAT Level I DoD certification is required
• Active Security Clearance with polygraph is required

Responsibilities

• Perform network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrades
• Analyze design, specifications, and related documents
• Administer LAN/CAN/WAN and coordinate incidents
• Translate business requirements into telecommunications requirements
• Design, deploy, test, and maintain network solutions
• Maintain network diagrams and accreditations

Skills

Network design

WAN/LAN admin

VPNs

IPSec

VoIP QoS

Load balancing

Network performance

Data captures

Education

Master's degree in CS or related field

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

IAT Level I certification

Tools

Arista

Safe Net

NetApp

Visio

Job description

RealmOne was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch industry professionals. We are searching for talented individuals who provide intelligence, engineering, and mission management expertise for the Government. This program will maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of our country's most important missions both at home and abroad. If you are ready to support a high-performing team that truly makes a difference, then come join us! Job Description: Performs network services from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks. Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents. Performs general LAN/CAN/WAN administration. Schedules conversions and cutovers. Coordinates with all responsible users and sites to resolve network or system incidents. Translates business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders. Performs engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives in support of strategic modernization efforts and telecommunications enhancement design for medium and large-scale telecommunication infrastructures. Assists telecommunications end users, telecommunications operations personnel, and telecommunications strategic program management with network interfaces. The Level 2 Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities: * Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management. * Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information. * Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools. * Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture. * Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies. * Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components. * Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements * Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate. * Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations. * Oversee the support to all network equipment. * Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements. * Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers. * Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements.

• Arista, Safe Net, Netapp, and Visio.
• Core Hours: 1000 - 1400 Qualifications: * A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university and six (6) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curriculum. In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and an additional two (2) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support for a total of eight (8) years. In lieu of a Master's or Bachelor's degree an additional six (6) years experience providing Network Engineering support and a Certification in an industry standard (Arista Configuration Essentials, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or Juniper Certification Tracks (Automation & DevOps, Cloud, Data Center, Design, Enterprise Routing and Switching, Junos Security, Service Provider Routing and Switching)) may be substituted for a total of 12 years. Certifications: * An Information Assurance Technical (IAT) level I baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required. .Position requires active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph