Network Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Overview :

Job Title : Network Engineer

Security Clearance : Top Secret

Location : Fort Meade, MD

(Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required. )

Description :

C3EL is seeking a Network Engineer to provide network operations and engineering sustainment support to a critical IP messaging and communications transport network. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to :

• Network integration, testing, security engineering, and implementation configuration support.
• Collaborate with network architects to define and / or continuously improve STIG compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking.
• Test and validate automation and best practice insertion opportunities.
• Assist with the development of SOPs / TTPs.
• Support Continuous Service Improvements (CSI).
• Support system performance tuning and enhancements.
• Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP).
• Support tier escalation of incident management support tasks.
• Active participation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem Management activities.
• Participate in engineering meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production.
• Perform technical maintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers.
• Provide knowledge of network engineering and operations, large scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, as well as test and evaluation activities. Perform technical maintenance involving network devices routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX.

Minimum Qualifications :

Desired Qualifications :

Education :

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 to 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of prior relevant experience. (Additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a degree at the Hiring Manager's discretion.)