The Role
The Senior Network Engineer will manage and implement network solutions, maintain performance, and ensure compliance across multiple network environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
Senior Network System Engineer
Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA
130k-150k (Depending on experience) - Full Time with Benefits
Immediate Opening
Strategic Data Systems is an experienced technical solutions provider for the Navy, Marine Corps, DoD, and other federal customers. Our mission is to provide exceptional technical capabilities, management, and support to the warfighter.
SDS seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (Network) in Dahlgren, VA to maintain multiple computing environments by identifying network requirements; installing upgrades; monitoring network performance, and managing network configuration consistency. The Senior Systems Engineer will provide engineering, design, and implementation solutions for multiple network architectures.
Your work will involve maintaining multiple computing environments by identifying network requirements; installing upgrades; monitoring network performance and managing network configuration consistency.
This position will provide engineering, design, and implementation solutions for multiple network architectures.
Essential / Required Skills
- Layer 1 expertise (SFPs, media converters, cat5/6/6e, fiber types, connector types)
- Understanding MAC addresses, IP address, subnetting, ARP table
- dot1x configuration at the switch level, understanding of ISE policies/groups
- Spanning tree, VLANs, VTP
- OSPF, BGP. HSRP, ACL, VRF
- Some level of automation (Cisco Prime, Cisco Catalyst Center (CCENT)/DNA Center, SolarWinds, etc.).
- WLC and WAP management (3g/5g) (Aruba or Cisco preferred)
- SD-ACCESS
- ACI experience
- Understanding of network architecture. (Core, Distro, Access)
- Reading/Understanding logs
- SPLUNK experience
- Understanding of STIGs/Compliance
- SD-WAN
Desired Additional Skills
- Automation scripting development
- Backend experience with DNA/CCENT
- Wireshark experience
- TACLANE experience
- SNA – Cisco Secure Analytics
Required Certifications and Qualifications
- Cisco CCNA or CCNP (If CCNA, commitment to achieve CCNP within 9-12 months)
- CompTIA Security+
- TACLANE certification from General Dynamics is desired
- Minimum of 6 Years experience in Network Administration or Network Engineering
- Top Secret Clearance, or Interim TS with final secret (T5). TS/SCI Preferred for future requirements
Responsibilities
- Implement local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, & other data networks
- Maintains network availability in multiple networking environments by administering Cisco campus based switching environments with fiber-based and copper-based Ethernet connectivity (1gig and 10gig).
- Installs, manages, and maintains Cisco switching components to support campus, wan, and distributed core architectures. Works with Cisco chassis based systems, internet circuit termination equipment, and advanced Cisco management tools.
- Manage Cisco Prime Infrastructure and analyze network health, workflow, access, information, and security requirements; performing router/ switch administration, interface configuration, and switching protocols.
- Experience with network routers and switches, and strong Cisco switch and router configuration experience.
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, 802.1x, ACLs, ARP, RADIUS, IPv6, DHCP, Intrusion Prevention, Authentication, and ISP circuit connections
- Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and system performance
- Perform network modeling and analysis
- Define diagrams and designs for business technology initiatives
- Enforce policies for standardizing systems
- Maintains and monitors core backbone network services in multiple computing environments by identifying network connectivity requirements; performing network upgrades; monitoring network devices and logs, managing wired network connections, and managing network backbone infrastructure.
Strategic Data Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Top Skills
Aci
Acl
Arp
Bgp
Cat5/6/6E
Cisco Catalyst Center
Cisco Prime
Compliance
Dot1X Configuration
Fiber Types
Hsrp
Ip Address
Ise Policies
Layer 1 Expertise
Mac Addresses
Media Converters
Network Architecture
Ospf
Sd-Access
Sd-Wan
Sfps
Solarwinds
Spanning Tree
Splunk
Stigs
Subnetting
Vlans
Vrf
Vtp
Wap Management
Wireshark
Wlc
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The Company
What We Do
Strategic Data Systems (SDS) has been providing Information Technology (IT) services and solutions since 1997. Today, we provide IT, cyber security, and engineering support to various U.S. Department of Defense organizations as well as other Federal agencies and commercial companies. We focus on our customers and have earned a reputation for exceptional service and responsiveness. SDS also has a patented product called ViewPoint™ - an innovative technology for instantly locating people and assets indoors.
