Sr. Technical Consultant/Networks

Fuse Engineering; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuse Engineering in Laurel, MD is seeking a senior network engineer to design, plan, and oversee the implementation of voice, data, and video networks, including switches, routers, gateways, and servers, to meet campus- or system-wide requirements.

You will customize designs for customer needs, troubleshoot across remote locations and international links, collaborate with senior IT staff and vendors, enforce security procedures, document configurations, and lead complex projects to ensure

Qualifications

• Knowledge of campus-scale network design and security best practices.
• Experience with multiple vendors and equipment types.
• Ability to coordinate complex network deployment projects.

Responsibilities

• Designs, plans & oversees voice, data & video networks to support campus-wide requirements.
• Customize design and installation to fit customer requirements and ITS standards.
• Troubleshoots network issues across remote locations and international links.
• Collaborates with executive management, external vendors and customers to deliver projects.
• Enforces security procedures to mitigate intrusions and incidents.
• Creates and updates network documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Manages large projects, coordinating internal staff, contractors and suppliers.
• Coordinates outages and performs site surveys for complex designs.
• Implements network interconnection and integration according to carrier requirements.
• Initiates tasks to ensure availability and reliability of customer services.

Skills

Network design

Project coordination

Security concepts

Tools

Arista

Aruba

Plexxi

F5 load balancers

Dell networking

CloudVision

MFNA

WhatsUp Gold

Job description

• 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.

Description

• 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.

Requirements

Top Secret SCI w/ Maryland Polygraph Clearance 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