The Role
Designs, implements, monitors, and troubleshoots enterprise networks. Performs capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, vendor evaluation, and recommends design changes. Works with F5, Juniper, Cisco platforms and enterprise monitoring/security tools to ensure performance and availability, and provides user support and documentation.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Everforth ECS is seeking a Network Engineer – Senior to work in our Norfolk, VA office.
- Planning: Conducts short and long-term planning to meet network requirements
- Network System Design and Implementation: Designs and implements network systems
- Strong working familiarity with F5 Networks, Juniper JUNOS and/or Cisco IOS with hands-on experience configuring routers, switches, load balancers, and firewalls
- Network Connectivity: Provides support for network connectivity or related network issues for the user community
- Network Installation: Plans and monitors the installation of network systems
- Network Monitoring: Analyzes network activity and network problems to discover and prevent systematic errors. Recommends network design changes/enhancements for improved systems availability and performance
- Issue Resolution: Troubleshoots, diagnoses and resolves network problems. Researches, analyzes and recommends the implementation of software or hardware changes to rectify any network deficiencies or to enhance network performance
- Capacity Planning: Analyzes facilities bandwidth requirements and system interdependencies. Develops capacity planning models
- Disaster Recovery: Ensures planned testing activities are performed and technical criteria are met
- Network Performance Assessment: Assesses network performance to ensure that it meets the present and future needs of the business. Provides network planning recommendations to management
- Network Performance Assessment: Assesses network performance to ensure that it meets the present and future needs of the business. Provides network planning recommendations to management
- Vendor Management: Evaluates services provided by vendors and recommends changes
- Knowledge of Enterprise system monitoring and management tools such as Splunk, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Websense, MRTG and NMAP
- Knowledge of commercial enterprise-level tools and products to provide network services, including: firewalls, IPS/IDS, DNS, DHCP, web security, VPN, and NAC
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with SAWS staff and the general public
- Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Great people an communication skills are a must
- Performs related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required
- 8+ years minimum network engineering experience
- 4+ years experience with technical work in a DOD environment
- 4+ years experience in an enterprise network environment with both administration and problem resolution of F5, Juniper and/or Cisco solutions required
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and experience adhering to them in a production environment
- Knowledge of DoD standards and compliance (ie STIGs, Retina report output)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS), F5 Certified Administrator -Security+ certification per DoD 8570 policy compliance
Skills Required
- Strong working familiarity with F5 Networks, Juniper JUNOS and/or Cisco IOS and hands-on experience configuring routers, switches, load balancers, and firewalls
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and network tools: Splunk, SolarWinds, Wireshark, Websense, MRTG, NMAP
- Experience with network security technologies: firewalls, IPS/IDS, DNS, DHCP, web security, VPN, NAC
- Troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolution of network problems and capacity planning
- Excellent verbal and written communication and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- 4+ years experience in an enterprise network environment with administration and problem resolution of F5, Juniper and/or Cisco solutions
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS), or F5 Certified Administrator; Security+ per DoD 8570 compliance
- 8+ years minimum network engineering experience
- 4+ years experience with technical work in a DoD environment
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and experience adhering to them in production
- Knowledge of DoD standards and compliance (e.g., STIGs, Retina report output)
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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The Company
What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
