Principal Systems Engineer III (Network)

ECS Corporate Services; Pocatello (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Corporate Services seeks a Principal Systems Engineer III (Network) to lead design, deployment, and support of our data center networking infrastructure in Pocatello, ID. The role emphasizes SDN, NSX, and high-availability architectures across bare metal and virtual environments.

You will be the SME for data center networks, coordinating with vendors and IT teams, and driving proactive improvements, security, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Six years of experience in network engineering or equivalent.
• CCNA or DevNet Associate or equivalent network vendor certification.
• Experience with data center networking and SDN.
• Ability to design, implement, and support data center networks.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support Networking Infrastructure within and between data centers.
• Serve as advanced expert for data center network environments.
• Provision/configure networking for servers and applications.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and recover network performance and outages.
• Maintain security, backups, redundancy, and documentation.

Skills

Network design

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Vendor liaison

Education

CCNA

DevNet Associate

Tools

NSX

ACI

Tetration

MSO

Nexus Insights

Job description

ECS is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer III (Network) to work in our Pocatello, ID office.

The candidate shall be responsible for design, deployment, testing, certification, patching, and addressing interoperability issues for all features, components, and application dependencies . This include s switches, firewalls, load balancers, software defined networking, private cloud requirements, etc.

Position requirements and duties of the Principal Systems Engineer III (Network):

• D esign, implement , and provide ongoing support of the Networking Infrastructure within and between data centers.
• S erve as the advanced matter expert for all data center network environments.
• C reate and maintain network infrastructure for both bare metal and virtual machines with the appropriate LAN , WAN, V LAN , SDN , firewall and load balancer configurations, using both OEM and third-party tools that include virtual network tools (NSX) and services.
• P rovision/configure the required networking for servers and applications.
• E valuate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the data center network infrastructure.
• M onitor and correct network issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks. Provide real-time alerts for network problem issues and implement proactive solutions for future problems to include re design or tech refresh.
• I nstall, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for all data center network components.
• P roactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• M onitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions , and work with developers to implement those fixes.
• M aintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• W rite and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks, such as automated provisioning of addresses and VLANS with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• P articipate in the design of information and operational support systems.
• P rovide 4th level support.
• L iaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• E nsure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval.
• P rovide real-time alerts and dashboard information on network performance and availability.
• D ocument system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores, memory, and license keys.
• C ontinually transition knowledge to the Government staff through training and assistance on how to use the technology using industry best practices.
• P rovide real-time reporting of provisioned and non - provisioned resources such as bandwidth utilized to include performance metrics for availability, performance, and trends.
• Must have a current Top-Secret Clearance with the capability of obtaining SCI / CI-Poly to meet contract requirements .
• Individuals must have a minimum of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), DevNet Associate, or equivalent network vendor associate level certification.
• Six years of experience.
• Experience with Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Tetration , Multi-Site-Orchestrator (MSO), Network Assurance Engine (NAE), Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), and Nexus Insights.