Network Systems Engineer

U.S. House of Representative; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the U.S. House of Representatives seeks a seasoned network engineer to maintain and advance the House’s data communications and security infrastructure in Washington, DC.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, five years of network engineering experience, and Arista certifications. On-site work and eligibility for a Public Trust clearance are mandatory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent level of professional work experience.
• Five years of professional network engineering experience with progressive professional development to maintain competence in evolving technology.
• Arista Campus Wired Engineering Specialist certification or Arista Data Center Engineering Specialist certification.
• Working knowledge of IP, RTP, PTP and BGP.
• Working knowledge of PIM-Sparse Mode, Rendezvous Point redundancy (Anycast RP or Anycast IP with Multicast Source Discovery Protocol).
• Working knowledge of Network Source of Truth (NSoT) software, such as Infoblox, Nautobot or equivalent.

Skills

IP networking

RTP

PTP

BGP

PIM-Sparse Mode

Anycast RP/Anycast IP

NSoT software (Infoblox, Nautobot)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related discipline

Arista Campus Wired Engineering Specialist certification or Arista Data Center Engineering Specialist certification

Tools

Infoblox

Nautobot

Job description

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides operations support services and business solutions to the community of 10,000 House Members, Officers and staff.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, informationtechnology, or a related discipline, or equivalent level of professional workexperience.
• Five years of professional network engineeringexperience with progressive professional development to maintain competence inevolving technology.
• Arista Campus Wired Engineering Specialist certificationor an Arista Data Center Engineering Specialist certification.
• Working knowledge of IP, Realtime Protocol (RTP),Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP).
• Working knowledge of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)- Sparse Mode, Rendezvous Point redundancy (Anycast RP or Anycast IP withMulticast Source Discovery Protocol).
• Working knowledge of Network Source of Truth (NSoT)software, such as Infoblox, Nautobot or equivalent.’

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
  

Security Requirement

• This position has been designated as a Public Trustposition, and the selectee must obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trustdetermination as a condition of employment.
• This position requires unescorted access to secureoffsite locations which require an identification badge. In order to beapproved for the applicable badge, you must be a U.S. citizen.

Continued employment is contingent uponsatisfactorily completing a criminal history records check (or other applicablesecurity clearance) and a pre-employment drug-test (pre-identified positiononly).