Network Engineer - Fort Meade, MD, United States - Railhead Inc

Description

Railhead is seeking a Network Engineering Lead at Ft
Meade to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to DISA and Fourth Estate agencies
The Defense Enclave Services contract will unify the DOD Fourth Estate Defense Agencies and Field Activities common-use information technology systems, personnel, functions, and program elements under the direction of DISA's Fourth Estate Network Optimization program office

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:

• Must hold an active Secret clearance prior to start

(US Citizenship required) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the analyses and design of the organization's network and mission architecture.
• Develop and sustain optimal site network designs to drive standardization across the Program.
• Provide circuit engineering designs for each agency site that accommodates all user applications identified by the customer(s)into consideration.
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing life cycle architectural support for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.
• Review test plans to ensure that all steps have been completed and all requirements have been met before approving test plans for execution
• Communicate with team members such as project managers, migration team, operations and others regarding on-going project status, issues, or concerns
• Conduct research on new technologies to determine their application in future projects
• Design specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping, Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), CSfC solutions, Software Defined WAN (SD-Wan), and IPv4/IPv6 that fit within the Enterprise Architectural framework.
• Train fellow employees in security awareness and procedures.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience; additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Must have a DoD IAT Level II certification (Sec+), or higher, prior to start.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficiency with Juniper IOS or other IP/transport specific management tools (EMS) and general practices

Expertise in IP technologies, i.e
Networking architectures and methodologies and Voice Services.

• Expert Knowledge of IP principles.
• Understand the following protocols at minimum: IPSec, OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP.
• Proficiency in at least two or more of the following devices: Cisco VPN 3060, Cisco routers (2600, 3640 and 7200) and Cisco switches (3550, 3560, 3750 and 6500), Juniper routers, Windows XP, NT, and 2000, NSA Certified Type-1 Encryptors Juniper MX5 routers, Juniper SRX firewalls, Juniper EX switches, SBCs, and KG175.

About Railhead:
Railhead, Inc

is a leader in advanced cyber solutions; cloud and managed IT solutions; engineering; and information-based solutions for commercial entities, law enforcement, and homeland security
We provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; training; logistics; and operational support services and solutions in support of organizations not limited to DHS, DoD, and the Intelligence Community (IC)
We hire mission enablers who reflect our communities and proactively embrace diversity and inclusion, in order to advance our corporate culture, develop our family of employees into the best they can be, and in turn grow our market share throughout the industry
Railhead, Inc

is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.