Network Engineer with Full Scope Polygraph clearance

Job Description

Position : 1

Job Title : Systems Engineer, TS / SCI With Full Scope Polygraph.

Location : Baltimore, MD.

Duration : Full-Time.

NEED TS / SCI FSP Clearance.

Our client is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a diverse background and strong technical skills. The successful candidate will lead engineering efforts in the areas of Windows and Linux servers, workstations, storage, and virtualization.

Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen, located in the Washington D.C. / Baltimore area and possess an active TS SCI clearance w / full scope poly.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Analyze and assess existing functional requirements and infrastructure in order to recommend potential designs and solutions.
• Design, configure and maintain the systems or solutions in a cloud environment.
• Assess and validate possible reuse of existing code of a similar system.
• Utilize existing approved technology stack for new development.
• Perform tasks such as physical capacity management, hardware installation and commissioning, inventory, decommissioning and removal, and destruction.
• Coordinate engineering projects including performing technical risk assessment, de-conflict implementations, and resolve technical questions or conflicts.
• Gather performance and utilization metrics from infrastructure components and proactively inform the customer when thresholds are met.
• Perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure, consisting of virtual servers, virtual desktops, and automation solutions.

Required (Minimum) Qualifications :

• Demonstrated experience designing and developing large scale enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing existing infrastructure and systems in order to propose potential designs and solutions.
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing engineering, implementation, and troubleshooting of VMWare virtualization infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience performing Hypervisor deployments
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of storage pools
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of virtual networks and servers and virtual workstations
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of automation solutions
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and vRealize Suite
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of VMware vCenter and VMware NSX-T
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of Cisco HyperFlex systems
• Demonstrated hands on experience engineering the design, build, and configuration of virtual infrastructure
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing administration, troubleshooting, patching, and support of virtual infrastructure
• Demonstrated hands on experience engineering the design, build, and configuration of Linux servers
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing administration, troubleshooting, patching, and support of Linux servers
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing risk analysis for proposed IT infrastructure changes
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing system monitoring and analysis, including root cause analysis of system faults and outages
• Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications :

Demonstrated experience supporting a continuous monitoring program.

Demonstrated experience with security accreditation process, achieving authority to operate.

Demonstrated experience using Other Object Oriented Programming (OOP).

Education / Certifications :

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Experience with Agile best practices (minimum 3 years)

Experience with JavaScript (minimum 5 years)

Preferred : Certification

Certification

AWS Solutions Architect Certificate

Position # 2

Job Title : Network Solutions Engineer (Route / Switch)

Location : Baltimore, MD.

Duration : Full-Time.

Clearance : TS / SCI FSP(Full Scope Polygraph)

Strong understanding of Layer 2 / 3 Engineering and Provisioning and carrier ethernet architecture

Develops network solutions based on Customer requirements including growth plans, capacity constraints, new features, technologies.

Responsible for creating complex step by step engineering method of procedure to migrate, reconfigure and modernize the entire customers networks

Responsible to deliver OSS, NMS, CES solutions, Complex DCN designs, Software customization framework and development plans.

Stays abreast of new product engineering guidelines and keeps current with the latest technologies in order to deliver optimum network designs to the Customer.

Provides timely support to Customers for questions / issues. Communicates project status and escalates problems to the engineering team leader.

Performs assignments within schedule, with high quality, following established processes, Customer Specific Requirements and Engineering guidelines.

Proactively pursues methods or solutions that will improve the Customer network and / or Engineering processes. Works to ensure Customer satisfaction.

Receives project inputs from the SE and / or Customer and is responsible for validating and creating the Detailed Network Design (DND) that contains all the required settings and configurations needed to properly provision and turn up equipment.

Act as a key technical interface to the Customer, plans, engineers, and supports network solutions / migration.

Provide weekly updates to varying internal and external contract stakeholders. To include, PM’s / Engineers.

Ability to learn new technology, apply and share applicable knowledge to customer, stakeholders, and peers

Minimum Qualifications :

Active TS / SCI / Full Scope Poly (Must have)

Working knowledge of Cisco, Juniper, or relative vendor equipment

Expert knowledge in Knowledge and experience in working with Layer-2, Layer-3 protocols.

Experience working in highly classified environments

BS degree in Telecommunications, Networking, or similar technical field of study

Security+ or any equivalent DoD 8570 (IAT Level II or higher)

Candidate will have a diverse Telecommunications background, strong hands-on technical experience, organizational and interpersonal skills.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Team orientation, organized, and capable of independent work.

Willingness to assist team members with other projects as required.

Join customer pre-sales calls and share knowledge / expertise.

Possible travel time up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications :

Knowledge and experience with Layer-0, Layer-1

CCNA or equivalent Certification

Project+, ITIL, Scrum master, or equivalent project management certification.

Position # 3

Job Title : Network Solutions Engineer (Systems / MCP)

Location : Baltimore, MD.

Duration : Full-Time.

Clearance : TS / SCI FSP.

How You Will Contribute :

Reporting to the Senior manager, Solutions Engineering, as a Network Solution Engineer (Systems / MCP), you will be responsible for the planning, implementation and execution for installation of client's Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) platform.

You’ll work in partnership with Sales Engineering, Account teams and the customer to ensure the lifecycle of customer's MCP engagement is completed from conception to final solution.

You will develop test plans for customer network architecture and interoperability, ensuring the functionality and security of equipment and determining efficient equipment configurations suitable for customers and stakeholder requirements.

You will prepare implementation plans based on the results of testing and provide expert engineering support in the deployment of the proposed improvements and modifications

You will assist the customer with troubleshooting, installation and implementation with dedicated servers and MCP itself, remotely or in restricted, secure environment.

You will provide weekly updates to varying internal and external contract team members, including client's PM’s and Engineers.

The Must Haves :

Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications, Networking, or similar technical field of study coupled with proven experience in Linux, Linux security (STIGs / CIS), shell scripting and PERL.

Security Clearance - Preferably Top Secret.

Knowledge in automation / DevOps tools.

Security+ or any equivalent DoD 8570 (IAT Level II or higher).

Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.

Assets :

Project+ or Scrum Master Certification.

Python, JSON, Ansible or Chef and Puppet

Knowledge and experience with Layer-0, Layer-1, Layer-2

Requirements

Full Scope Poly, FS-Poly, Network engineer, linux, Cisco