Principal Network Engineer

Who We Are.

At CMIT we do more than provide realworld solutions. We deliver transformative results. Through cuttingedge technology and process innovations we are changing how federal and commercial clients worldwide deliver their mission. A servicedisabled veteranowned small business we take pride in serving our nation through exemplary support for our clients and employees alike.

PRINCIPAL NETWORK ENGINEER

CMIT is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to help support our Joint Service Provider Enterprise Transport Management NextGen (JSP ETM NG) program at the Taylor Building 2530 Crystal Drive Arlington VA.

Due to the nature of work this role entails telecommuting is not allowed and will require the employee to report fulltime onsite.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture/engineering expertise for network implementations cloud environment integrations project designs and standards development as well as onboarding new tenants
• Provide administration/support for intelligent DNS routing between enterprise locations/data centers as well as plan and implement upgrades (includes installation of new equipment)
• Implement approved authentication and certificate management controls
• Use caching (static html content) for the enterprise infrastructure environment (hardware software and configuration components) and supported tenants
• Support deployment options
• Configure self IPs port lockdown and network routes
• Configure remote logging to Splunk
• Adhere to change management processes and procedures
• Troubleshoot configure upgrade maintain and monitor the load balancer network architecture (performance configurations traffic flow application monitoring CPU capacity/utilization)
• Analyze network alarms and identify sources
• Coordinate with onsite support personnel while troubleshooting
• Use enterprise service management tools to initiate respond and track service requests
• Create reports and analyze performance metrics
• Develop processes/procedures and related engineering documentation for troubleshooting and quickly identifying issues
• Perform reach back to OEM Vendors to deconflict operational issues with known operating system bugs and security alerts
• Partner with the information security personnel to assess potential exposure to vulnerabilities
• identify mitigation plans and ensure compliance with enterprise security baselines and standards
• Evaluate modern technologies to optimize network efficiency and review/provide recommendations to improve the network
• Inform management in a clear concise and timely manner of any customer or technical responsive and decisive on adjusting architecture as customer requirements and technology evolves
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Certification Required

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Engineering or Equivalent; Masters degree preferred
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II baseline certification (i.e. CCNASecurity CySA GICSP GSEC Security CE CND or SSCP) or higher level certification required
• One of the following Networking Certifications Brocade Cisco (CCNA/CCNP) Juniper (JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP) Aruba

Qualifications Required

• 8 years primary role operating troubleshooting installing network routers and switches
• 5 years primary role directly designing architecting routed and switched networks up to and including enterprise sized networking solutions.
• 2 years as senior or lead engineer in planning designing and building software defined networks
• Demonstrated experience is a DoD environment
• Configuring and installing various network devices and service
• Monitoring network performance and resource utilization trending capacity planning
• Use of current and emergent network design principles and protocols
• Experience with network virtualization technologies
• Experience with multitenant network architectures
• Familiarity with a width variety network routing and switching equipment devices from multiple vendors
• Scripting languages such as Pearl Python coding for network threshold events.

Clearance Required

• DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance

Who Makes It Happen.

At CMIT we firmly believe that our innovative solutions are only as powerful as the teams harnessing them. Our people are more than just contributors they are at the heart of everything we do and every success that we earn. Our employees are offered ample options to design a personalized benefits package that best meets their needs. Options include:

• Medical / Rx
• HSA / FSA
• Dental & Vision
• Life / AD&D
• Long & Short Disability
• Disability Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Insurance
• Pet Benefits
• Education/Training Program
• 401k Retirement
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Flexible Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Flexible Work Locations
• Alternative Work Schedules

CMIT provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

COVID19 Safety Protocols: To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements employees in certain positions may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID19 or subject to facility entry safety protocols (e.g. testing masking physical distancing) subject to the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.

Required Experience:

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