Network Engineer 3

Synergy ECP; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy ECP, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, seeks an experienced Network Engineer to design, deploy, and support complex network solutions for government and defense clients. You will optimize dataflow, implement VPNs and firewalls, and collaborate with systems engineers on mission-critical operations.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with high-speed, scalable networks, RF communications, and security planning.

Qualifications

• Designs solutions, integrates, configures, deploys, tests and provides support for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.
• Optimizes end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
• Configures/optimizes network to connect to various front- and back-end components.
• Coordinates with system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations with minimum down time.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates implementation of high-speed, scalable, fault-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN/LAN design.
• Implements specific network solutions to support server requirements including load-balancing, VPNs, firewall contexts, and NAT where appropriate.
• Minimizes network latency and maximizes data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools.
• Manages assigned tasks and provides guidance to junior Network Engineers.
• Validates new/existing dataflow and data formats.
• Coordinates with dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients regarding dataflow and potential impacts.

Skills

Network design

WAN/LAN

VPNs

Firewalls

NAT

Troubleshooting

RF communications

Security planning

Project leadership

Tools

Network analyzers

WAN test equipment

RF testing tools

Job description

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity, software and systems engineering and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company leverages its expertise in data transport solutions, software and systems engineering, and other solutions to deliver critical and innovative capabilities to high-level decision makers that enhance our nation’s security.

In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by Improving Performance (ECP).

It’s what sets us apart, enabling us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge results - showing we’re ready to meet our customers’ evolving demands.

Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.

Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Requirements

• Designs solutions, integrates, configures, deploys, tests and provides support for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.
• Optimizes end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
• Configures/optimizes network to connect to various front- and back-end components.
• Coordinates with system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations with minimum down time.
• Facilitates implementation of high-speed, scalable, fault-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN/LAN design.
• Implements specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPNs, firewall contexts, and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate.
• Minimizes network latency and maximizes data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools.
• Manages assigned tasks and provides guidance to junior Network Engineers.
• Validates new/existing dataflow and data formats.
• Coordinates with appropriate dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients, follow-on data repositories and tasking organizations and understands potential adverse impacts on system-wide dataflow.
• Designs, integrates, tests and deploys RF communications solutions.
• Leads large efforts of dynamic requirements and scale.
• Works with Systems Engineers and cross-organizational teams to define requirements.
• Resolves complex network problems, operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment and network simulators.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates security systems
• Contributes to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management
• Supports the Government in providing technical leadership to engineering teams
• Recommends corporate solutions to resolve security requirements.
• Supports the Government in enforcement of design / implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures