Network Engineer - Senior
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Location: Norfolk, VA 23503
Description:
ECS is seeking a Network Engineer - Senior to work in our Norfolk, VA office.
- Planning: Conducts short and long-term planning to meet network requirements
- Network System Design and Implementation: Designs and implements network systems
- Strong working familiarity with F5 Networks, Juniper JUNOS and/or Cisco IOS with hands-on experience configuring routers, switches, load balancers, and firewalls
- Network Connectivity: Provides support for network connectivity or related network issues for the user community
- Network Installation: Plans and monitors the installation of network systems
- Network Monitoring: Analyzes network activity and network problems to discover and prevent systematic errors. Recommends network design changes/enhancements for improved systems availability and performance
- Issue Resolution: Troubleshoots, diagnoses and resolves network problems. Researches, analyzes and recommends the implementation of software or hardware changes to rectify any network deficiencies or to enhance network performance
- Capacity Planning: Analyzes facilities bandwidth requirements and system interdependencies. Develops capacity planning models
- Disaster Recovery: Ensures planned testing activities are performed and technical criteria are met
- Network Performance Assessment: Assesses network performance to ensure that it meets the present and future needs of the business. Provides network planning recommendations to management
- Network Performance Assessment: Assesses network performance to ensure that it meets the present and future needs of the business. Provides network planning recommendations to management
- Vendor Management: Evaluates services provided by vendors and recommends changes
- Knowledge of Enterprise system monitoring and management tools such as Splunk, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Websense, MRTG and NMAP
- Knowledge of commercial enterprise-level tools and products to provide network services, including: firewalls, IPS/IDS, DNS, DHCP, web security, VPN, and NAC
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with SAWS staff and the general public
- Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Great people an communication skills are a must
- Performs related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required
- 8+ years minimum network engineering experience
- 4+ years experience with technical work in a DOD environment
- 4+ years experience in an enterprise network environment with both administration and problem resolution of F5, Juniper and/or Cisco solutions required
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and experience adhering to them in a production environment
- Knowledge of DoD standards and compliance (ie STIGs, Retina report output)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS), F5 Certified Administrator -Security+ certification per DoD 8570 policy compliance