Network Engineer (Secret Clearance)

System One; Springfield (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Network Engineer for a critical program focusing on modernization projects for the Army's global network. This 100% remote position requires candidates with advanced networking skills and certifications, offering an opportunity to contribute to significant security systems development and team management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4-8 years relevant experience or Master's with 2-6 years.
• Secret clearance required.
• 8570 Compliance and advanced networking certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, and build network systems using new technologies.
• Directs tasks of team members and maintains quality control.
• Support operations and execute changes to production networks.

Skills

BGP

MPLS

Traffic Shaping

VPNs

Quality of Service (QoS)

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master's degree

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Aruba

Job description

Network Engineer
100% remote
Secret clearance
Must be certified at IAT Level II (e.g., Security+)

ALTA is looking for a Network Engineer to work on the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) – Increment 1 (INC1) program. The Army’s Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS (GENM-O) is a critical mission provider responsible for keeping the Army connected through global network modernization projects. A successful candidate should have proven ability to lead, problem solve and deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment. On this program, you will have the opportunity to build advanced network security systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities in support of this complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct the development of major deliverables throughout all aspects of solution development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, unit testing, and operations network services.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 6 years of related experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Secret clearance
• 8570 Compliance
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with BGP, MPLS, in-depth protocol analysis with tcpdump
• Hands-on experience with complex architectures and enterprise information systems to include Enterprise level network (WAN) engineering experience in: Routing, Design, Configuration, Traffic Shaping with Policy based routing or Route-maps troubleshooting and support of mid to large sized network environments.
• Experience working with and managing OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, BGP Policy based routing, Quality of Service (QoS), IGMP Multicasting, VPNs, ACLs, MPLS, IP, NAT.
• Experience working with LAN technologies to include VLANs, VRFs, Port-channels and VPCs.
• Working knowledge of OEM platforms (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Arista and Aruba)
• Advanced networking certifications preferred (e.g. CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, JNCIA/JNCIS/JCNIP)
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to have a holistic view of service network development and deployment architecture.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design, plan and build network systems using the newest technologies and methods
• Conduct hardware and software analyses for use in designs
• Develop designs, engineering implementation plans, migration plans, diagrams and associated documentation
• Directs tasks of team members, reviews work packages developed by team members for quality control and consistency with design requirements
• Analyzes survey and discovery data to support the preparation of designs and migration activities
• Analyze network firewalls / VPNs and additional security tools and support the development of migration plans to move tenants to the new AGUN enterprise environment.
• Configures systems and hardware for deployment and implementation activities
• Provides guidance and oversight to assigned team members
• Support occasional evening and nighttime service outage windows as well as troubleshooting efforts in the event there is an outage caused by project network changes.
• Assist with support and operations where necessary.
• Execute changes to an active production network using approved methodologies.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned and evaluate new technologies as directed



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Ref: #850-Rockville (ALTA IT)