Network Engineer II

Job Title: Network Engineer II
Work Location: Suitland, MD
Experience Level: Mid/Senior - 5+
Security Clearance Required: CI Poly
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
Salary: $180,000 - $205,000
Clearance Crossover: 4-8 weeks

According to Section 6, Table 3 of the DoD 8140 policy document, the minimum credential requirements for Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) positions are:
1. For IAT Level I positions:
o An approved baseline certification (like CompTIA Security+) OR
o An approved computing environment certification OR
o Vendor/system specific certification appropriate to the position
2. For IAT Level II positions:
o An approved baseline certification AND
o Computing environment certification OR system-specific certification (when required)
1. CCNP-E or CCNP-DC
Job Description:
The Network Engineer II shall produce and maintain documentation of the Networking system(s), sub¬ system(s), and component(s) in the activity's IT networking portfolio, including as-built documentation, capacity/performance plans, as well as all other areas of server system life-cycle planning.
Position Qualifications:
 Shall be Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching and or CCNA Data Center certified.
 Shall have 5 or more years of progressive and increasingly complex experience working with enterprise-level Cisco hardware, operating systems (I0S, NX-OS, ACI, etc.), and technologies (Voice, Video, Routing, Switching, Security, etc.) across enterprise-grade information systems and networks.
 Shall have 3 or more years or experience working with enterprise-level Cisco-based Routing and Switching technologies (ex. BGP, EJGRP, LACP, HSRP, OSPF, PC, QoS, STP, VPC, VRF).
 Shall have 3 or more years of experience working with secure encrypted networking devices (e.g., Taclanes and Border Guards) and communication circuits, protocols, and configurations.
 Shall have 3 or more years of experience working with network-based security technologies such as Next Generation Firewalls and Access Control Lists (ACLs) to secure network traffic at all supp01ied layers of the OSI Reference Model.
 Shall have 3 or more years of experience operating and maintaining networking solutions in secure processing environments which must adhere to U.S. Government Information Assurance and Security standards such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Requirement Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
 Demonstrated experience monitoring and assessing networking systems and solutions proactively for performance degradation and tuning and optimization opportunities.
 Shall meet the minimum credential requirements for a Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) position as defined in Section 6, Table 3.
Desired Qualifications:
 Strongly desired to also be CCNP Routing and Switching and/or CCNP Data Center
 Demonstrated experience operating, tuning, and troubleshooting Cisco's Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and TelePresence Management Suite (TMS), and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) to support enterprise Collaboration (i.e., Voice and Video) services across a WAN.
 Demonstrated experience working with software-based configuration management solutions capable of documenting, storing, and on-demand deployment of pre-generated, reviewed, and approved network device configurations such as SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM).
 Working knowledge of Cisco data center networking solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering, design, implementation, and management of modem data center infrastructure.
 Working knowledge of Cisco local and wide-area enterprise networking (LAN/WAN) solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering, design, implementation, and management of Remote Office/Branch Office networking requirements as well as smaller purpose-built information systems.
 Working knowledge of Cisco networking security solutions, technologies, and best practices to support the secure implementation and sustainment of enterprise network devices in line with information assurance (IA) and security (INFOSEC) compliance, governance, and requirements. Personal experience working with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and like products is a plus.
 Working knowledge of advanced troubleshooting techniques, methodologies, processes, and practices to quickly identify and assess an issue, develop the strategy to resolve the issue, implement the resolution, and restore the degraded entity to an operational state all while maintaining concern for the original configuration and the overall INFOSEC posture of the environment.
 Familiarity with operating and maintain, setup and configuration, testing, and sustainment of firewall, proxy, and VPN rules.
 Familiarity with advanced Cisco Data Center technologies such as the Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and/or Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to support Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) enterprise solutions.