Job Description :
*Network Engineer *
McLean, VA
W2 only
GC/Citizens
The Network Engineer position will be part of the Engineering Delivery
Group within the Information Technology Division. This position is
responsible to provide network engineering support for the delivery of
multi-site enterprise and data center environments; including the
evaluation, design, implementation and troubleshooting of network and
security infrastructure technologies and solutions.
Responsibilities Include:
Support critical large-scale projects in the areas of Network and
Security.
Work closely with technology and business stakeholders to understand
goals, identify requirements, support security risk assessments, design and
implement solutions.
Provide technical guidance, develop design documents, perform product
installation, upgrades and certification, implementation plan, deployment
and troubleshooting.
Diagnose, solve and provide root cause analysis for hardware and network
related issues.
Understand and advocate Network & Security standards, reference
architectures and robust/scalable/secure Network & Security infrastructure,
its outcome and ongoing results.
Coordination with Operations team for the design, build and production
readiness of Network and Security infrastructure solutions supporting
mission critical production environments.
Ensure decisions around Network and Security solutions are made and
deviations from standards are properly identified, addressed and
communicated.
Stay current with developing technologies and predict impact of changing
technologies.
Identify opportunities to simplify and keep the Network and Security
infrastructure current.
Provide effective written and oral communication at all levels of
management, peers and customers.
Communicate effectively with clients to identify business needs,
development efforts and evaluate alternative technical solutions and
strategies.
Continually define ways to increase customer satisfaction and deepen
client relationships
Requirements:
Bachelor s degree in information technology, engineering, computer
science, related field or equivalent experience.
10 years of relevant experience in IT Network Engineering and Operations
7+ years in a senior level engineering role engaged with IP network
technologies including LAN switching, BGP/OSPF routing, VPLS/MPLS, traffic
engineering, server load balancing, network security, network monitoring.
Understand High Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts as apply to
Network and Security designs.
7+ years of experience with the design, configuration, implementation and
troubleshooting of Cisco IOS, Cisco Nexus Switches and Routers, Cisco
Firepower IDS/IPS and VPN (ASA), F5 Load Balancers, Checkpoint and Palo
Alto Firewalls, Arista Switches, Bluecoat Proxy
Experience with NTP, DNS and DHCP infrastructure design.
Preferred Skills:
Experience with SDN design for large scale multi-site data center
environments
Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls
Experience with cloud network and security design and implementation
Must be able to effectively perform both independently and
collaboratively as a strong team contributor.
Ability to adapt to change; provide quality and on-time delivery.
Strong verbal and written communications skills required.
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