Senior Network Engineering Advisor

Abile Group, Inc; Landover (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Abile Group, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Engineering Advisor to support a DoD Classified Network Services project. The role spans operations, compliance, cyber security, customer service, and engineering in a high-security environment.

Responsibilities include designing, upgrading routers/switches for a world-wide enterprise, developing automation with Ansible, and maintaining network monitoring with Zabbix and other tools. A TS/SCI with Poly is required.

Qualifications

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly.
• Degree and Years of Experience: Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA or minimum of 6 years with MS/MA, or 12 years of applicable work experience may be substituted in lieu of degree requirement.
• Required Certifications: A current/valid Security+ Certification.
• Desired Certifications: A current/valid CCNA and/or CCNP Certification.
• Required Skills: Experience with developing Zabbix templates for network monitoring; experience configuring Cisco IOS-XE/NX-OS; EIGRP/BGP/OSPF; Cisco ACLs, IPsec, DMVPN, VLANs; scripting in Expect, Bash, Python; Ansible playbooks; DISA STIGs

Responsibilities

• Plans the implementation of enhancements and upgrades to routers/switches for a large enterprise network.
• Designs and plans changes to network communications systems.
• Provides specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture.
• Provides Tier 2 level support to Operations to troubleshoot and resolve outages.
• Performs cost/benefit analysis and advises on hardware/software selection and deployment techniques.
• Develops and maintains Ansible playbooks, Unix shell scripts, and batch scripts for configuration and auditing.
• Configures and maintains network monitoring tools using scripts and SNMP/IPMI.
• Acts as SME for network administration and monitoring tools like Zabbix and TACACS+ server.
• Tracks initiatives using Jira within an Agile Scrum team.
• Ensures DISA STIG compliance on Cisco devices.

Skills

Zabbix templates

Cisco IOS-XE

NX-OS

EIGRP/BGP/OSPF

IPsec DMVPN VLANs

Scripting: Python Bash Expect

Ansible playbooks

DISA STIGs

Jira usage

Networking security

Education

BS/BA in related field

MS/MA in related field

Tools

Jira

Zabbix

TACACS+

Python

Bash

Expect

Ansible

Job description

Abile Group, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Engineering Advisor to support a DoD Classified Network Services project. The role spans operations, compliance, cyber security, customer service, and engineering in a high-security environment.

Responsibilities include designing, upgrading routers/switches for a world-wide enterprise, developing automation with Ansible, and maintaining network monitoring with Zabbix and other tools. A TS/SCI with Poly is required.