Sr. Network Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services LLC; Orlando, Tampa (FL, FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to join their team at MacDill AFB, FL. This pivotal role involves providing Tier III support and engineering solutions for complex network systems. You will conduct assessments on emerging technologies and ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards. Your expertise will help shape the network architecture, ensuring optimal performance across various networks. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to critical operations supporting Regional Combatant Commands and Special Operations. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about network engineering, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of relevant experience or 2-6 years with a Master's degree.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III routing and switching support on enterprise networks.
• Ensure system design meets DOD standards and cybersecurity policies.
• Develop presentations and briefings for stakeholders.

Skills

Routing and Switching

MPLS

Cybersecurity

Network Design

Risk Management Framework (RMF)

Education

BS Degree

Masters Degree

Tools

CompTIA Security+ce

CCNA Security

CCNP Enterprise

Job description

Sr. Network Engineer

Job Locations

US-FL-Tampa

ID

2023-8190

# of Openings

1

Category

IT Support

Clearance

Tier 3 - Secret/ADP II

Company Overview

By Light is hiring a Sr. Network Engineer to join our team at MacDill AFB. The Senior Network Engineer position at MacDill AFB, FL supports the Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSM-O II), Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). The JCSE team provides en-route, early entry, scalable C4 support to Regional Combatant Commands, Special Operations Command, and other agencies. In this role, you will be responsible for new capability requirements and design, system assessments, and providing hands-on engineering support.

Key elements of this position include: conducting analysis and assessments on new emerging technologies; developing and recommending functional design solutions to meet stakeholder requirements; providing Tier III support to the Joint Network Operations Center (JNOC); developing, engineering, and recommending hardware and software solutions; and conducting cybersecurity mitigations on design solutions to comply with Risk Management Framework (RMF) cybersecurity requirements.

Responsibilities

Providing Tier III routing and switching support with hands on experience designing, testing, and implementing IGP, EGP, MPLS, VRF, and NFV/Service Chaining on an enterprise network to meet security, performance, operational, and functional requirements.

• Ensuring proper routing protocols are being applied to optimize the end-to-end network performance from the Local Area Network (LAN) through a Wide Area Network (WAN), to a Campus Area Network (CAN), to a Storage Area Network (SAN), or data center.
• Assisting the government customer with identifying any derived design objectives, technical specifications, performance requirements, and interoperability specifications to ensure the system design will meet stakeholder end-to-end requirements.
• Ensure the system design adheres to industry standards, DOD standards, DOD policies, DOD instructions, DOD directives, cybersecurity policies, and best commercial practices.
• Develop presentations to stakeholders articulating the gaps, requirements, objectives, functional and solution architecture.
• Develop, review, and update briefings, papers, and/or spreadsheets to meet customer requirements.
• Provide analysis for how the operational, functional, and performance requirements will be met as part of the system design, test, and implementation of initial capabilities.

Required Experience/Qualifications

• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ce, CCNA Security, CySA+, etc.)
• CCNP Enterprise
• Education: BS Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

• Clearance: Secret