Network Engineer III

Job Summary

The Network Engineer works within a cohesive team environment and supports a large Government client with multiple locations. The Network Engineer is responsible for maintaining industry and government IT compliance standards via scheduled deployments, patching managing and maintaining, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network routers, switches and encryption devices in Windows Active Directory environment. This position focuses on ensuring production systems are secure, tuned for optimum performance, delivering required information to end-users, and interacting properly with Wide Area networks (WANs).

Maximize network environment monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with System Integration network architects. The Network Engineer will interface with other stakeholders and attend meetings, generate reports, and provide recommendations for enhancements and improvements. This position is on‑site.

Position:
Network Engineer III

Location:

Austin, TX

• Establish network specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing router administration, including interface configuration and routing protocols.
• Establish network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.
• Maintain network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
• Secure network by developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; maintaining documentation.
• Prepare users by designing and conducting training programs; providing references and support.
• Upgrade network by conferring with vendors; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline
• 5‑7 years of experience preferred in network administration working with networking equipment specifically, including maintenance and upgrades, and be familiar with the applicable NIST Special Publications 800‑37, 800‑53, and 800‑53A
• Must possess and maintain an IT I level certification IAW AR 25‑2 and an IAT II certification IAW DoD 8570.01‑M
• Juniper, Cisco, CWNA or BCNE training
• CCNA, CCNP preferred

• Candidate must have solid knowledge of information security principles and practices, as well as an advanced understanding of security protocols and standards.
• Significant experience working with Linux and Windows servers and network monitoring tools.
• Strong knowledge of networking, including: TCP/IP, Vlans, Ethernet, SONET, switching, routing and routing protocols (BGP/OSPF), 802.1Q, and DNS.
• Proven experience in a network administrator role
• Hands on experience in networking, routing and switching
• Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure
• Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s remote implementation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution is desired
• Ability to set up and configure server hardware
• Familiarity with backup and recovery software and…