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Job Summary:
EDC Consulting LLC is seeking a results-oriented, self-motivated Senior Network Engineer to support a Department of Energy (DOE) contract located in Albuquerque, NM. The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for deploying and providing ongoing support for Cisco routers and Catalyst switches, ensuring proper documentation and operation of network devices, and improving network operating procedures.
Responsibilities:
• Deploy and provide ongoing support for Cisco routers and Catalyst switches, to include tier 2/3 troubleshooting and engineering (as needed), developing and updating standard operating procedures for network provisioning and maintenance tasks.
• Be responsible for the operation and maintenance of Cisco and Palo Alto devices and must ensure each change to the environment is clearly documented, to include creating and updating all related engineering documents, drawings, and IP addressing assignments.
• Operate in a remotely administered lights-out environment where equipment is deployed pre-configured and out-of-band access via OOB management and serial consoles are used when necessary, during circuit problem determination.
• Develop documentation to improve current network operating procedures.
• Draft configuration change control proposals for submission to the CCB.
• Create and update topology diagrams and associated documentation for each office location and network enclave.
• Install and operate open-source software to perform network performance testing and monitoring.
• Possess excellent problem-solving skills and a solid understanding of how to quickly troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues that involve switches, routers, desktops, printers, and servers.
• Coordinate multiple open issues and interfacing with customers at all levels.
• Demonstrate self-initiative and be able to operate without supervision.
• Review log events and operate network management applications to perform fault detection, identify performance metrics, and generate reports to support specific service level requirements.
• Be flexible and can work nights, weekends and holidays as needed to support planned and unplanned network maintenance and troubleshooting events.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience supporting Gigabit Ethernet switched LAN networks with a working knowledge of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), 802.1q Trunking, 802.3ad LACP, Etherchannel, and 802.1x-based Network Access Control (NAC), NEXUS N-OX, FlexVPN, IPSEC over GRE tunnels.
• Experience working with Cisco VOIP configuration.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP stack.
• Experience supporting heterogeneous LAN, WAN, and 802.11 wireless networks.
• Strong understanding of application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD) and their relationship to user applications.
• Experience with scripting network operation using Python or Ansible experience a plus.
• Recent experience in an enterprise or service provider environment deploying, troubleshooting, and documenting LAN and campus networks using Cisco network devices (Catalyst 3560/3860 and Nexus 5000 switches, Cisco ASR, ISR-series routers, and Cisco ASA security appliances with Firepower) Palo Alto 3000, 500 series utilizing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Cisco IOS command syntax.
• Hands-on experience configuring any of the following MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, Flex VPN and VRF's.
• Experience with Wireshark, Ethereal, TCP-Dump or equivalent packet decoding tools.
• Active DOE or DOD Security Clearance
Company:
Headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, EDC Consulting LLC (EDC) is a professional services company that provides industry-leading Business Systems and Information Technology services to the Department of Defense, Federal, State and Local government and the private sector. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Vienna, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.