Network Engineer

Merrifield, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Network Engineer

Company Overview

Dutch Ridge Consulting Group LLC (DRCG) is an ISO 9001:2015 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Certified Veteran Enterprise (CVE) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). DRCG provides cleared technical support staff throughout the United States with corporate offices in Ashburn Virginia. DRCG offers expertise in Systems Integration (SI) Information Technology (IT) solutioning Program Management Risk Management Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Requirements Engineering Workflow Solutioning and Business Consulting Services. Established in 2016 DRCG is 100% US owned and predominately supports the DoJ DoW and DHS. DRCG optimizes client investments by leveraging expertise to better manage the growth and transformation of existing IT environments.

Description

DRCG is seeking a highly motivated Network Engineer to support a federal customers goals to modernize and transform their IT environment to efficiently deliver new technologies to their workforce.

The Network Engineer provides Tier 3 support and engineering expertise for the design testing and implementation of the Next Generation Network across all DEA offices. The position also requires administering network (Cisco ACI) compute (Cisco UCS) and virtualization (VMware UCS Director) environments performing network diagnostics and analysis troubleshooting production outages with service providers terminating fiber and network cables and independently designing writing and updating system documentation and network diagrams. Additional duties include providing operational support for data centers managing network applications on client workstations optimizing VPN and network performance implementing server load balancing and WAN optimization and securing network access.

Job Location: Merrifield VA (3-days onsite)

Responsibilities

Provide Tier 3 support and engineering expertise for the design testing and implementation of the Next Generation Network across all DEA offices.
Installs configures and troubleshoots diverse network architectures and devices; manages and maintains SD-WAN DMVPN Layer 2/3 and wireless networks; and implements network security measures including access control models and firewalls.
Support classified and unclassified environments ensuring operational continuity security compliance and high availability
Act as a technical escalation point for complex network incidents outages and performance issues
Participate in architecture reviews design sessions and implementation planning
Collaborate with Security Cloud Systems and Application teams to ensure integrated solutions
Support global operations including after-hours support and maintenance windows as required
Develop and maintain engineering documentation diagrams and operational runbooks

Requirements

Active/current Secret Clearance is required at the time of hire.
5 years of experience with hands-on enterprise network experience
Professional certification (e.g. CCNP CCDP)
Installing configuring and troubleshooting various network architectures
Knowledge of the inner workings of the major network routing protocols including dynamic routing
Experience with a variety of firewalls
Solid background in network administration and architecture
Knowledge of building developing and maintaining SD-WAN environments
Familiarity with access control models and network security
Experience with network diagnostic monitoring and analysis tools
Solid understanding of network operating systems (Aruba Juniper Cisco)
Solid understanding of VPN
Sharp troubleshooting skills
Terminating fiber and network cables
Ability to work independently
Designing writing and updating both system documentation and network diagrams
Bachelors degree in a related field or relevant work experience

Required Experience:

Network Engineer Company OverviewDutch Ridge Consulting Group LLC (DRCG) is an ISO 9001:2015 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Certified Veteran Enterprise (CVE) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). DRCG provides cleared technical support staff throughout the United States with ...