Senior Network Engineer

Description

SAIC is looking for a Top Secret cleared Network Engineer with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.

Specific Duties Include:

• Provide Tier 3 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 4 support as required

• Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance

• Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments

• Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations

• Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions

• Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures

• Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures

• Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment

• Enact change management for the solution

• Operate and maintain existing incident management processes

• Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment

• Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities

• Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling

• Conducts testing of network systems

• Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network

Qualifications - External

Qualifications

Required Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and five (5) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure

• 4 years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree

Required Security Clearance:

• Top Secret Clearance required with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture

• Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues

• Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices

• Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting

• Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube

Required Certifications:

• IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP

REQNUMBER: 2600114

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