Network Engineer II Security Clearance

Position: Network Engineer II with Security Clearance
Job Description SALARY RANGE $133,000 - $190,000/year DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Network Engineer II role, you will perform network services from initial design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrades of existing network infrastructures. You will analyze design specifications and related documentation, administer general LAN, CAN, and WAN environments, and schedule network conversions and cutovers as needed. You will coordinate with responsible users and site personnel to identify and resolve network or system incidents while translating business requirements into telecommunications solutions, including LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice, and Video systems.

You will perform engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives to support strategic modernization and enhancement initiatives for medium and large-scale infrastructures. Additionally, you will assist end users, telecommunications operations personnel, and strategic program management teams with network interface requirements and performance optimization. Required Skills SKILLS
* Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management

* Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information and minimize network latency

* Maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools

* Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture

* Design, integrate, configure, deploy, test, and maintain network solutions for a wide range of devices, interfaces, and methodologies

* Configure and optimize networks to connect front-end and back-end components

* Gather data to specify system and component performance and interface requirements

* Implement specific network solutions to support server and security requirements, including load balancing, VPNs, firewall contexts, traffic shaping, Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate

* Configure and maintain the organization's network diagrams and accreditations

* Oversee support for all network equipment

* Develop network designs and mission architectures to meet new partner requirements

* Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers

* Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations QUALIFICATIONS A master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university, and six (6) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curricula, is required. A bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline, and eight (8) years of relevant experience providing Network Engineering support, is also acceptable.

Ten (10) years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree, or twelve (12) years for a master's degree. CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES An Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.