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ADNET Systems, Inc. Network Engineer III in Wallops Island, Virginia
Network Engineer III
The AEGIS IV&V contract has an immediate need for a Network Engineer III at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA.
Job Responsibilities:
Work directly and indirectly with NASA customers,
Technicians, Network Engineers and/or Network Architects to execute network design changes or modifications to the NASA network infrastructure, as well as identify, analyze, and resolve issues for customer impacting events that maybe escalated
Be able to read, interpret and provide network designs for various types of presentations both of a technical nature and of the leadership informative nature
Engage in decision making regarding appropriate network changes to maintain configuration control and minimize configuration size using knowledge of network sub-netting and best practices per industry standards
Use Standard Operating Procedure’s (SOP), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP), and Work Instruction’s (WI) to complete Change task via Command Line Interface (CLI) on device
If no documentation is available, use best practices and independent decision making to complete task of the implementation
Perform service validation to assess if deployed changes have caused impacts to customer traffic using provided expectations of traffic behavior, lessons learned, and customer reporting
Use network decision making skills for configurations such as detailed step by step instructions within the network switch operating system for new network devices that are replacing legacy network equipment that needs to be refreshed or replaced from time to time as a part of your design
Provide assessment and design recommendations to resolve certain network device security vulnerabilities
Provide wireless local area network (WLAN) device analysis and new access point designs to support expansion or reduce constraints as a measure to increase network capacity and/or bandwidth
Perform periodic review of the capacity and operating functionality of network devices using critical thinking to analyze and design providing a solution for the constraints
Provide input and guidance along with independent decision making to Government customer on best practice for the operation and maintenance of the network infrastructure creating documents & presentations for future reference material
Determine a solution to reported problems for network outages and degradations experienced through customer engagement and knowledge gained through past experiences, engineering skills, and sometimes using independent decision making
Skills:
Required
Proficient in Cisco configuration and troubleshooting
Experience analyzing switching and/or routing, IP addressing and sub-netting
Exposure to WLAN
Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and configuring IP networks
Knowledge of ports and protocols being used in IP networks
Has the ability to obtain and keep a minimum of a Public Trust security clearance.
Desired
Experience with Cisco 9800 Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs)
Working knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible
Experience with DNAC configuration and troubleshooting
Experience with tools such as ISE, Splunk and NetBrain
IPv6 configuration, troubleshooting, and design experience
Security certification would be a plus
VPN and Firewall knowledge would be a plus
Certifications with major network system vendors such as Cisco are a strong plus. CCNA or CCNP
Excellent project, technical, interpersonal, presentation and problem management skills
- Extensive network integration experience for a variety of network protocol standards
- Ability to communicate orally, and in writing, detailed technical information on troubleshooting and implementation efforts in strong documentation skills
Required Education
- Bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience or Associates degree with 15 years of experience.
Security Clearance:
Required:
- A minimum of Public Trust/Secret clearance that can obtain a Top Secret Clearance
Preferred
- Top Secret
Desired Certifications / Training:
- Current holders of either a CCNA or CCNP
Equal Employment Opportunity: ADNET Systems, Inc. prohibits discrimination with respect to the hiring or promotion of individuals, conditions of employment, disciplinary and discharge practices or any other aspect of employment on the basis of sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or veteran status.