Sr. Systems Engineer Annapolis Junction, MD

ANS; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Medical, Dental & Vision

PTO

Maternity/Paternity Leave

401(k) with company match

Professional Development

Flexible Work Schedules

Overtime potential

Referral Bonus

Job summary

Applied Network Solutions, Inc. (ANS) seeks an Information Technology Senior Consultant (Sr. Systems Engineer) to join our Fort Meade, MD team.

The role focuses on secure network design, implementation, and maintenance across campus and remote locations, with a strong emphasis on STIG/Security compliance and incident response. You will collaborate with senior IT staff, external vendors, and customers to plan and execute large projects, ensuring reliability of voice, data, and video networks

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Experience with Arista, Aruba, Plexxi, F5 load balancers, and Dell networking devices.
• Familiar with STIG/STN requirements and Nessus Security Center.
• Familiar with network performance monitoring tools (CloudVision, MFNA, WhatsUp Gold).
• Designs and oversees voice, data, and video network implementations.
• Coordinate with senior IT staff, customers, and vendors on projects.
• Develop and enforce security procedures to mitigate incidents.
• Create and update network documentation and standard procedures.
• Manage large, complex IT projects and coordinate outages.
• Conduct site surveys and gather customer requirements for complex designs.
• Design interconnections based on customer, carrier, and backbone needs.
• Initiate tasks to ensure availability and reliability of services.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, secure, and maintain network solutions across multiple locations.
• Collaborate with customers and vendors to collect requirements and resolve issues.
• Create documentation and enforce security standards to protect networks.

Skills

Security clearance

Networking equipment

STIG/STN compliance

Network monitoring tools

Troubleshooting networks

Cross-team coordination

Security procedures

Documentation

Project management

Site surveys

Interconnection design

Tools

CloudVision

MFNA

WhatsUp Gold

Nessus Security Center

Job description

Description

Who we are:

At Applied Network Solutions (ANS), we bring together some of the most curious minds in networking and cybersecurity. ANS was founded to disrupt the status quo. For over 20 years, our team provides expertise in network, system engineering and both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations.

What we do:

Our vision is for a future in which talent and customers alike come to ANS because of our reputation for delivering technical excellence, solving our nation’s toughest challenges and our ability to exceed expectations.

Why ANS:

At ANS we value the integrity of your work. We are looking for the right person to plan, analyze, design, develop, test, secure, integrate, implement, operate, and maintain the custom solutions that ANS delivers. Together, let’s ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

ANS is seeking an Information Technology Senior Consultant (Sr. Systems Engineer) to join our team in Fort Meade, MD.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required
• Knowledge of Arista, Aruba, Plexxi, F5 load balancers, and Dell networking devices.
• Familiar with STE/STN requirements to meet STIG/Security mandates and the utilization of Nessus Security Center.
• Familiar with tools for monitoring network performance such as CloudVision, MFNA (Microfocus network automation), and WhatsUp Gold.
• Designs, plans & oversees the implementation of voice, data, & video communication cable and hardware, e.g., switches, routers, gateway or functional servers, to support requirements of the scope and scale consistent with campus or system wide networks.
• Customize design, installation and processes to account for unique customer requirements within the context of overall ITS and industry standards and conventions.
• Troubleshoots and performs corrective measures to resolve or avoid problems with voice, data or video networks within a range of environments across multiple remote locations, and including operational international links.
• Works with senior IT peers or customer personnel, including executive management, in other departments or campus operations, external vendors, service providers or institutions, to collect requirements, complete projects, or resolve problems.
• Participates in the establishment and enforcement of security procedures to mitigate or isolate the impact of network intrusions, attacks or other incidents from external resources.
• Creates, modifies or updates network, process or customer documentation, including establishing standard procedures that may be followed by IT professionals.
• Manage/Coordinates large and complex projects or tasks that may include integrating the work of other IT professional staff, contractors and suppliers.
• Coordinates the notification of planned or unplanned outages working with both local and external organizations.
• Conducts site surveys and collects customer requirements related to complex or unique network design, implementation and problem resolution efforts.
• Designs and implements network interconnection and integration based on customer, carrier and backbone network requirements.
• Initiates projects or work tasks based on customer requirements or as a situation may dictate to ensure availability and reliability of customer services.

Benefits

ANS offers excellent compensation along with a generous benefits package to include:

• Family Medical, Dental (w/ adult orthodontia) and Vision coverage
• Pet Discount Program
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Maternity/ Paternity Leave
• Supplemental Military Leave Pay
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) plan with 6% Company Contribution
• Generous Professional Development Program
• 100% Employer paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• 100% Employer paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Whole Life Insurance
• Lucrative Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Allowance for ANS Swag
• Potential for Paid Overtime
• Flexible Work Schedules

Applied Network Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

As required by local law, Applied Network Solutions, Inc. provides reasonable salary ranges of compensation for work performed in applicable states. Ranges are not a guarantee of compensation and depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to contractual requirements, work location, years of experience, skill set, and education. Overtime is not guaranteed for this position. The anticipated pay range for this position is $100,000.00 - $200,000.00 USD.