Senior Network Engineer

AAJ Interactive Technologies; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AAJ Interactive Technologies seeks a Network Engineer - Technical Expert to maintain and advance HPC infrastructure across multi-vendor servers and clusters in a high-security environment in Maryland. The role requires delivering scalable, mission-critical capabilities and collaborating with top engineers to strengthen national security outcomes.

Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance and US citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• Minimum ten (10) years of demonstratable experience in network engineering (LAN), architecture, monitoring, security, and protection or fifteen (15) years minimum experience in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and advance HPC computing infrastructure across multi-vendor servers, HPC clusters, and specialized processing environments.
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineers to deliver mission-critical analysis capabilities for national security missions.

Skills

Datacenter design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Cisco IOS

CatOS

NxOS

FWSM

Juniper

Infiniband

Fiber Channel

VPN/IPsec

HP OpenView

Atlassian Tools

Job description

Our client is a trusted provider of mission-critical systems and advanced analytics that transform how their customers harness, process, and operationalize data. Working hand-in-hand with many of the most talented professionals in public service, they design and sustain solutions that meet the stringent demands of diverse national security missions.

Employees join knowing they will be doing work that truly matters—innovating at the cutting edge of technology, driving capability for the intelligence community, and directly contributing to the nation’s security. They are recognized, rewarded, and given abundant opportunities to grow and thrive. Your career is a priority, and your future is a shared mission.

Position Overview

By joining this particular High Performance Computing (HPC) prime contract, you'll help maintain and advance the computing infrastructure that powers unprecedented mission-critical analysis, scientific discovery, and scalable national security outcomes. As a Network Engineer - Technical Expert on this program, you will help deliver enhanced HPC capabilities across multi-vendor HPC servers, HPC clusters, and specialized processing environments. You'll have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise alongside highly skilled engineers, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and directly contribute to missions that strengthen our nation's security. You'll also end your day knowing that you're doing work that truly matters.

Position requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph level clearance. US citizenship is required.

Required Skills:

• MUST HAVE datacenter network design and architecture experience to include installation and configuration of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls and IPSEC virtual private networks
• Cisco IOS, CatOS, NxOS, filter and access control, Ciscoworks, TACACS+, ASA, FWSM, HP Openview, Cisco routers, Cisco Switches, F5/Cisco load balancers, Infiniband, Juniper, FiberChannel (FC) SAN, and VPN (IPSEC)
• Physical installation and configuration and troubleshooting of network routers, switches, load balancers and security devices.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol stack and routing and switching protocols.
• Strong working knowledge of L2/L3 protocols.
• Strong working knowledge of stateful firewalls, and L3 access controls.
• Working knowledge of Atlassian Tool Suite.
• Able to support on-call requirements.
• Able to work in live call environment and utilize remedy and/or other ticketing system to track tasking.
• Virtualization products; VMWare and Solaris containers

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
• Minimum ten (10) years of demonstratable experience in network engineering (LAN), architecture, monitoring, security, and protection or fifteen (15) years minimum experience in lieu of degree.

Must have datacenter network design and architecture experience to include installation and configuration of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, and IPSEC virtual private networks.

Location Requirement:

The client team is based in Annapolis Junction MD. You must be able and willing to work on-site in Maryland up to 5 days per week as needed.

Please do NOT apply if you cannot meet the on-site requirement.