Senior Network Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Senior Network Engineer with Security Clearance
Description SAIC is looking for a Top Secret cleared Network Engineer with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.

Specific

Duties Include:

* Provide Tier 3 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 4 support as required
* Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance
* Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments
* Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations
* Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions
* Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures
* Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures
* Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment
* Enact change management for the solution
* Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
* Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment
* Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities
* Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling
* Conducts testing of network systems
* Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network Qualifications - External Qualifications Required Education and Years of

Experience:

* Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and five (5) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure
* 4 years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree Required Security Clearance:
* Top Secret Clearance required with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI Required

Skills and Experience:

* Experience required with:
Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP);
Access Control Lists;
Layer 2 Switching;
Spanning Tree;
Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture
* Experience with the following is a plus:
Arista switches;
Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, Net Scout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues
* Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices
* Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting
* Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube Required

Certifications:

* IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP