Senior Network Engineer -Network Automation

Company Overview: Join a fast-growing company highly experienced in cyber security, cloud computing, virtualization, big data analytics, and project management! IMTS offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits including tuition reimbursement and employer-contributed 401K, and referral bonuses. We work with the best customers on-site at top government agencies. We are currently looking for highly skilled personnel to support the DISA CAIP Program.

Shift/Work Hours: Must work an 8-hour shift and cover the core duty hours between 8-330 CST (with 30 min lunch) and hours are subject to change at the customer’s request.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Network Architecture. Provide network architectural design, engineering, implementation, sustainment, migration, technical refresh, and lifecycle services for the customer Datacenter and Cloud enterprise network infrastructure
  • Other Support. Adhere to customer enterprise network standards in developing support documentation, leading technical working groups, conducting product evaluations, developing recommendations, and preparing and presenting briefings
  • Engineering Design Solution (EDS). Provide an EDS for any new network hardware, network enclave, or network capability that may be introduced into the customer Data Center environment.
  • Engineering Implementation Plan (EIP). Provide an EIP for network implementation efforts within the DISA Data Center environment.
  • Migration Implementation Plan (MIP). Provide a MIP for any migration efforts within the customer Data Center environment.
  • Network Hardware and Operating Environment (OE) Asset Management. Ensure all network hardware and OE assets are properly accounted for and maintained in customer Ecosystem tools and databases.
  • Hardware and OE Code Upgrade. Ensure all software and firmware on network hardware and OE’s are maintained and up to date on vendor supportable code versions.
  • Authorized Services Interruptions (ASI). Be responsible for planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout of ASI’s in support of infrastructure network changes they are working.
  • Wide Area Communications and Circuit Actions. Be responsible for acquisition, commissioning, capacity planning, de-commissioning, and tracking of wide area connectivity supporting DISA Data Centers, in collaboration with the Senior Communications Engineer, in collaboration with the Senior Communications Engineer.
  • Deliverables. Be responsible for meeting all deliverable creation, quality, and due dates.

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret clearance
• Have an IT Bachelor’s Degree OR have and maintain a Professional level Vendor Network Certification (e.g. CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE etc)
• Have one of the following DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II certifications:
  • CCNA Security – Cisco Certified Network Associate
  • CSA+ – CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst
  • GICSP – Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
  • GSEC – GIAC Security Essentials
  • Security+ CE
  • SSCP – Systems Security Certified Practitioner
• Obtain and maintain a DoD 8570.01 Computing Environment (CE) certification within six months of being staffed into an employment position. The CE certification shall be based on the equipment and software the employee works with for their primary duties.
• Have Ten (10) or more Years’ experience with the design and implementation of complex Datacenter and Enterprise Network infrastructure in a multi-vendor environment.
• Have a strong and extensive knowledge of a majority of the following datacenter‐based network methods, protocols:

1. Routing to include Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)/Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)/(Multi‐Protocol (MP)‐BGP/Multiprotocol
2. Switching to include Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Link Aggregation Control Panel (LACP), Link Aggregation (LAG)
3. Protocols to include Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) [Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Layer 1 through Layer 7 (L1‐L7), Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC), High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE)
4. Firewalls to include VPN, Access Control Lists (ACLs), Whitelisting
5. Networking to include Software Defined Networking (SDN)/Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)/Infrastructure as Code (IaC) [Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Service Insertion, Ansible
6. Load balancing to include Access Policy Manager (APM), Application Security Module (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
7. Identity and Access Management with Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)/RAIUS/TACACS/Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)]
8. Network management and analysis to include Performance Manager (PM), Juniper Space, Cisco Identify Services Engine (ISE), Splunk
9. Structured cabling and installation standards
10. Application of network security and design practices
11. Communicate and brief ideas and information to people of a non‐technical background include senior leadership
12. Cloud management to include Amazon Web Services (AWS)/AZURE

COVID-19 Policy:

New or prospective U.S. employees must provide proof of complete vaccination on the date of their commencement of employment. If selected for employment, you will provide proof of your full vaccination status, defined as vaccinated two weeks after receiving the requisite number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized for emergency use by the FDA.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email HR@imts.us and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action:

IMTS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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