Network Engineer III with Security Clearance

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 157,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense is seeking a Network Engineer III in the United States (Fort Meade area) to design, implement, maintain, and upgrade complex networks. You will analyze design specs, drive network performance improvements, and support a software engineering environment with advanced dataflow management.

The role requires extensive experience with Cisco devices, Linux/Windows administration, and security certifications.

Qualifications

• Twelve (12) years' experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• A 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.
• Minimum of 3 years as a Network Engineer within the last 3 years.
• CCNA or CCNP certification is required, as well as a Security+ certification.

Responsibilities

• Develops algorithms used in modules or incorporated into models associated with the research and development of technologies and systems.
• Configure and maintain the organization's network diagrams and accreditations.
• Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations.
• Design, integrate, test, and deploy solutions to established network issues.
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
• Coordinate with dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients to mitigate impacts on system-wide dataflow.
• Implement network solutions to support server requirements including VPNs, firewalls, NAT, VoIP, IPSec, and related technologies.
• Lead large efforts of dynamic requirements and scale; resolve complex network problems.

Skills

Network design

Network performance monitoring

Troubleshooting

Dataflow management

VPNs

VOIP

NAT

System integration

Load-balancing

Cisco routers/switches/firewalls

Linux/Windows administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Ansible/Salt scripts

AWS/VMs

Riverbed/NPM

Job description

Job Description SALARY RANGE $157,000 - $214,000/year. DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Network Engineer III role you will provide assistance in all aspects of network management from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks; Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents; Implements communication system requirements to support the distributed functionality of a software engineering environment; Analyzes network characteristics (e.g. traffic connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes and throughput), troubleshoots problems and recommends procurement of and/or modifications to network components. Required Skills SKILLS * Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools

• Develops algorithms used in modules or incorporated into models associated with the research and development of technologies and systems
• Ensures that all material received is inspected for evidence of tampering and, if any is found, submits a report of suspected physical incident immediately
• Configure and maintain the organization's network diagrams and accreditations
• Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations
• Design, integrate, test, and deploy solutions to established network issues
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management
• Coordinate with appropriate dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients, follow-on data repositories, and tasking organizations, and mitigate potential adverse impacts on system-wide dataflow
• 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
• Coordinate with the system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations to minimize downtime
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test, and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces, and methodologies
• Applies Network Acceleration techniques such as Riverbed
• Conducts inventories as directed (e.g., semiannually/annually)
• Reports any known or suspected COMSEC incidents immediately
• Perform configuration, test, deployment, and maintenance of all network equipment
• Validate new and existing dataflow and data formats
• Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers
• Facilitate the implementation of high-speed, scalable, fault-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN and LAN design
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
• Lead large efforts of dynamic requirements and scale
• Resolve complex network problems, operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment, and network simulators
• Assists System engineers and cross-organizational teams to define requirements QUALIFICATIONS Twelve (12) years' experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. A 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. Additional Requirements: * Minimum of 3 years as a Network Engineer within the last 3 years
• Experience with Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls
• Proficient with Linux and or Windows system administration experience is a plus CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES A CCNA or CCNP certification is required, as well as a Security+ certification. Desired Skills (Optional) * Experience patching and upgrading Linux servers and networking resources
• Ansible/Salt scripts
• AWS/VMs