NOC Technical Lead, Network Engineer II

Jobtailor; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Chantilly, VA seeks a senior network engineer to support and design DoD-grade networks, plan upgrades, and monitor health.

You will lead a team of network specialists, coordinate incidents, and implement new technologies for robust monitoring and proactive health checks.

Candidates should have extensive Layer 1–3 experience, DoD IAT2 compliance, and familiarity with Visio and ServiceNow.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience combined with education as required (e.g., Doctorate + 3 years, Master’s + 4 years, etc.).
• Compliance with DoD 8140 IAT Level 2 information assurance.
• Layer 1 and Layer 2 network experience with VLANs.
• Configure and troubleshoot VLANs and Layer 2 switching.
• Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Juniper JUNOS, Brocade and Foundry OS.
• Familiar with Layer 3 protocols: OSPF, BGP, VRRP, HSRP, MPLS, LSP, GRE.
• Familiar with Visio and ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Support the customer’s data communications systems with design specs, testing and inspections for computer networks.
• Plan and implement upgrades; analyze hardware and software solutions through monitoring and modeling.
• Supervise network support and client server specialists for network operations and upgrades.
• Train and staff a team to provide advanced incident response to NOC and Tier 3 engineers.
• Maintain networks including hardware, software, and configurations.
• Develop methods for analysis, testing, monitoring and support of LAN/WAN networks.
• Evaluate and implement new network technologies for robust monitoring.
• Analyze incident trends and assist in resolution of network issues.

Skills

Layer 1 networking

Layer 2 switching (VLANs)

OSPF

BGP

VRRP

HSRP

MPLS

LSP

GRE

Cisco IOS

Juniper JUNOS

Brocade OS

Foundry OS

ServiceNow

Visio

Education

Doctorate + 3 years

Master's + 4 years

Bachelor's + 6 years

Associates + 8 years

HS diploma + 10 years

Tools

Visio

ServiceNow

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support the customer’s computer data communications systems, in providing design specifications, testing and inspections for computer networks; plan and implementing upgrades; as well as analyzing and organizing corresponding hardware and software combined solutions through network monitoring and modeling.
• Supervise network support and client server specialists in the planning, coordination, and implementation of network operations, maintenance, repair, or upgrades.
• Train, staff, and employ a team of network support specialists to provide advanced incident response support to the Network Operation Center (NOC) and Tier 3 network engineers in the resolution of incident tickets.
• Support operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, monitoring, and support of LAN and WAN networks.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of new network technologies into the network to ensure the NOC can provide the client with robust and proactive monitoring of network health.
• Support the analysis of incident trends, escalation of incidents to problems, and development of solutions to resolve network issues.
• Perform configuration management functions such as updating topology drawings, ensure asset management records are accurate, inventory.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master’s and 4 years, bachelor’s and 6 years, associates and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years.
• Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Layer 1 and Layer 2 network experience.
• Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (VLAN’s).
• Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Juniper JUNOS, Brocade and Foundry OS.
• Familiar (doesn’t need to be a SME) with Layer 3 protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VRRP, HSRP, MPLS, LSP, GRE.
• Familiar with Viso and Service Now.