Network Engineer - Golden, United States - General Dynamics Information Technology

Description

Req ID: RQ175179

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Network Engineering

Skills:

Cisco Voice over IP,Local Area Network (LAN),Routing Protocols,Switches,Wide Area Network (WAN)

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Primary duties will include migration of the Cisco Systems Call Manager phone system to FedRAMP Cisco Systems Cloud Solution. Responsible for configuration and management of Session Boarder Controllers and SIP Trunks. Lead the integration of the Cloud Solution with Microsoft Teams. Required to configure e911 and Contact Center for existing customers in the new solution.

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important.

The ideal candidate will have recent, relevant and verifiable daily hands-on experience in an enterprise or service provider environment deploying, troubleshooting, and documenting LAN and campus networks using Cisco network devices (including but not limited to Catalyst switches, Nexus switches, Cisco ISR & ASR-series routers) and infrastructure and network monitoring applications such as Cisco ISE and other network monitoring tool sets. Performs maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and networks.

Demonstrated ability to prepare Visio, and or diagrams and documentation for multiple audiences including federal customer leadership, contractors and business partners. Create and prepare technical and non-technical input as needed to project plans and presentations for executive-level management, and technical working diagrams and checklists for operations staff. Develop, update and revise standard operating procedures. Submit change control proposals for the CAB (CM Change Approval Board).

Develop and update technical documentation (network architecture text and diagrams, security plan controls annex and risk assessment, etc.) in support of certification and accreditation for the network.

Must have relevant experience configuring routing protocols, applying route filters and troubleshooting enterprise and/or service provider Internet edge and backbone routers running BGP, EIGRP and OSPF. Must demonstrate sound working level understanding of BGP in a multi-homed/multi-carrier environment. Recent experience supporting multi-VRF networks using BGP and MPLS is a plus.

Assist and lead problem resolution activities: coordinating with Cisco TAC, vendors, and carriers, tracking and escalating trouble tickets, identify and implement workarounds, perform root cause analysis, and interface with customers at all levels to report status and lessons-learned.

Must have excellent problem solving skills and a solid understanding of how to troubleshoot connectivity, performance, and QOS issues that involve routers, firewalls, network applications, and circuits (T-1, T-3, OC-3, 12, 192, Gigabit and Multi-Gigabit), ISDN, HDLC, PPP and MPLS).

Must have 5-8+ years of recent, relevant and verifiable experience in a network operations role and a sound working understanding of current and emerging network technologies.

Must have a 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 end-user applications. Experience with 802.1x and Network Access Control (NAC) is a plus.

Proficiency with the Perl scripting language is a plus for automating configuration changes, parsing log data from firewalls and routers, generating reports, detecting network traffic anomalies, etc.

Past experience as a sys-admin for both Linux and Windows servers is a plus.

The candidate must excel in high-paced, demanding environments where each day provides a new set of challenges under short time constraints involving complex network configurations and/or troubleshooting multiple hosts scattered across a large campus network.

Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.

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.

Other Job Functions

The successful candidate will demonstrate initiative and be able to operate without supervision when required. Must have strong time management, multi-tasking, organization and administrative skills and must be highly proficient with Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Must have experience with Wireshark, Ethereal, tcpdump or equivalent packet decoding tools to collect and review packet captures.

Develop documentation to improve current network operating procedures. Draft configuration change control proposals for submission to the Configuration Control Board (CCB). Create and update topology diagrams and associated documentation for each office location and network enclave.

Review log events and operate network management applications to perform fault detection, identify performance metrics, and generate reports to support specific service level requirements.

Install and operate open source software to perform network monitoring. Develop scripts to identify security events, fault detection, correlation of log events, performance metrics, and generate reports to support specific service level requirements.

Must be flexible and able to work nights, weekends and holidays as needed to support planned and unplanned network maintenance and troubleshooting events.

The successful candidate is expected to be available on-call 24x7. Upon hire, the engineer will be issued a Smartphone (iPhone/Android) and VPN access to allow rapid response to network events whenever the network operations center escalates a problem to on-call senior network engineer staff.

Experience working in a remotely administered lights-out environment is preferred, where equipment is deployed pre-configured and out-of-band access via remote access appliance is used when necessary during circuit problem determination.

Ability to travel as needed, primarily within the greater Denver, CO region in support of adjacent DOE field sites, Labs. Limited travel to field sites within CONUS may be required (a few times per year).

As part of the selection process, the candidate must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English equivalent to a native speaker.

Past employment supporting the U.S. Federal government and/or military experience is a plus.

Must be able to obtain or currently possess a U.S. government security clearance. (up to DOE Q or DOD TS equivalent)

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Must have 5-8 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).

Must be able to provide COVID VACCINATION status indicating "Verified" or provide up to date evidence of appropriate exemption or status waiver for medical or religious reasons.

The likely salary range for this position is $85,000 - $115,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.