Job Summary:
Navstar Inc. is an award-winning organization providing IT services and solutions focused on national security. They are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join an agile team, responsible for supporting a complex program and ensuring effective network documentation and enterprise network support.
Responsibilities:
• participate in the creation and ongoing maintenance of network documentation ensuring that clear, concise, and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution
• provide enterprise network support, working closely with the IT service provider teams to ensure customer requirements are considered and supported by the evolving LAN/WAN architecture
• executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems to rapidly and accurately identify and remediate IAVAs
• propose, design, test, and install capabilities that are new to the environment
• oversee the development and maintenance of technical data such as rack elevations, installation instructions, and other as built designs.
Qualifications:
Required:
• To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Must have at least 5 years of in-depth experience with hardware/software from Cisco Systems.
• Must have at least 5 years of in-depth experience with hardware/software from Palo Alto Systems.
• Must have experience providing analysis, root cause diagnosis, and troubleshooting for routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Must have an in-depth understanding of IP subnetting, VLANs and the OSI layers.
• Must have in-depth experience with various vendor networking products (switches, routers, firewalls, etc.).
• Must have a solid understanding of different physical mediums such as copper and single mode/multimode fiber and physical connector types (RJ11, RJ45, LC, SC, ST, etc.).
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time to local program locations (not overnight). Additional travel to CONUS and OCONUS location(s) may also be required (overnight).
• To be considered for this role, candidates must meet the requirements for one of the following skill levels: Senior: Ten (10) years experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required of which five (5) years shall be within the Federal Government. Four (4) years of additional network engineer experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. Expert: Twelve (12) years experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required of which five (5) years shall be within the Federal Government. Four (4) years of additional network engineer experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Preferred:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field and at least 8 years of related work experience.
• Experience with KG-175 and/or KG-250/KG-255 configuration and deployment.
• Experience with VINE/GEM One.
• Experience with SolarWinds or other similar network monitoring applications, configuration and monitoring tools.
• Experience with VMWare 7 or higher usage and network configuration.
• Experience with any or all the following technologies: Cisco, Nexus/ Catalyst/ ASA/ ISR/XE/ ASA/Firepower,ISE, McAfee Sidewinder, Palo Alto, Juniper, F5, IPSEC, NAT, SCP, TFTP, BGP, vPC.
• Experience with Cisco Call Manager server configuration and troubleshooting with integration of Instant Messaging (IMP), Cisco Meeting Server, Jabber and Unity Voicemail; Managing and upgrading the Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration infrastructure – On Premise.
• Experience with OLT/PON.
• Experience with TCP MTU/MSS adjustments and a basic understanding.
• Understanding of security using technologies as reverse proxies, cross domain solutions and load balancers.
Company:
Who We Are: Since 1999, Navstar has earned a reputation for excellence by listening to our customers, being easy to work with, and delivering on our commitments. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Reston, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.