Network Engineer, Journeyman

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Network Engineer Journeyman to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Design deploy and sustain enterprise network infrastructure: routing switching firewalls VPNs load balancers and related network services.
• Execute WAN and LAN upgrades to improve throughput latency reliability and interoperability with existing and planned architectures.
• Monitor network devices WAN links VPN services and security integrations; detect incidents and performance issues and perform troubleshooting and restoration.
• Manage network circuit lifecycle activities: provisioning maintenance testing and disconnects per enterprise standards.
• Assess site readiness for hardware deployments by evaluating connectivity capacity and environmental constraints.
• Collaborate with architects and operations teams to support network design implementation and sustainment decisions.
• Document configurations changes and technical activities to support governance audit readiness and sustained performance.
• Support configuration management change/release processes and evidence collection for accreditation and compliance.

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Qualifications

• 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with HS Diploma/equivalent

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Data Science Information Systems Information Technology or Software Engineering; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (example: Research & Development Specialist (Intermediate) Playlist); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (example: CompTIA Security).

• Required experience and skills:

  • Network engineering NOC or systems administration experience supporting enterprise networks.
  • Practical handson experience with routing/switching firewall/VPN configuration load balancing and circuit provisioning.
  • Proficiency with network monitoring/observability tools vulnerability scanning basics and ticketing/configuration management systems.
  • Ability to perform network troubleshooting document rootcause analysis and produce operational runbooks and change records.
  • Strong communication and coordination skills for crossteam engineering and fielding activities.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG/NETCOM experience supporting multidomain (NIPR/SIPR/cloud) networks.
  • Experience with SDWAN automation/orchestration and scripting for operational tasks (PowerShell Python).

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