GNOC Tier II Incident Management Technician with Security Clearance - Chantilly, VA, United States - Dexian Signature Federal

Description

Signature Federal Systems has an opening for a Government Network Operations Center (GNOC)/Network Operations Center (CNOC) Tier II Incident Management Technician to support the customer's computer data communications systems, in providing design specifications, testing and inspections for computer networks; plan and implementing upgrades; as well as, analyzing and organizing corresponding hardware and software combined solutions through network modeling
Provide coverage 7x24x365.
The job duties of the GNOC/CNOC Tier II Incident Management Technician are as follows:

• The Tier 2 network technician will support the installation and maintenance of the client Local Area Network (LAN) Wide Area Network (WAN) devices

Respond to and resolve incident tickets

• Provide support to Tier 3 network engineers for incident management and projects (site surveys and coordination and installation of new equipment
• Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades

Perform configuration management functions such as update topology drawings, ensure asset management records are accurate, and inventory

• Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs))
• Participate in evaluation of new network technologies and provide recommendations to the network architecture team regarding the integration of these technologies into the exiting network

Ensure that plans for hardware and communications are adequate
Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, and support of LAN and WAN networks

• Leverage various network tools to quickly identify and isolate customers impacting events on the network
• Communicate and troubleshoot with vendors and other service providers to efficiently resolve incidents
• Diagnose house and software problems and replace defective components
• Support Operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, system software, applications software and all configurations.

REQUIREMENTS
Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education
This equates to a Bachelor's and 6 years, Master's and 4 years, Associate's and 8 years or a HS diploma and 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education
Must comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2

Additional required qualifications include:

• Knowledge of Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS), Juniper JUNOS, Brocade and Foundry Operating System (OS)
• Layer 1, 2, and 3 network experience
• Familiarity (doesn't need to be an SME) with Layer 3 protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label-switched Path (LSP), and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Visio and ServiceNow.