Senior Network Engineer 102286

Sr. Network Engineer 
Location: Colorado Springs, CO  
Required Clearance: Secret  

Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don’t just care for our employees—we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k match. 

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Work in close coordination with team leads, project managers, network architects, and engineers from other service areas to provide Tier III support for the MDA Enterprise.
• Take part in daily/weekly/monthly Battle Rhythms contributing to maintenance checks and regular network services of the team.
• Generate/provide status reports, provide network anomaly analysis, and develop engineering red lines as needed to support network maintenance actions, engineering changes/upgrades, and security vulnerabilities.
• Serve as an Operations and Maintenance expert and provide technical contribution on outage or troubleshooting bridge calls.
• Regularly respond too, create and troubleshoot support Incident tickets and Work Orders in the Remedy IT Service Management system.
• Be required to participate in an on-call rotation for network support functions if incidents were to arise after core hours.
• The successful candidate will be able to work in a team environment, have good interpersonal skills, be a quick learner, and have a positive attitude and have strong attention to detail and diligent record keeping. 

Required Skills:

• Must have 10, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience..May be reduced with completion of advanced education.
• Must have 5, or more, years of directly related experience.
• Must have 6, or more, months of experience working in a management or leadership role.
• Must have experience with Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL); Multiple network types (i.e. LAN, WAN, VxLAN, SDN).
• Must be proficient in routing and switching protocols to include BGP, OSPF, STP, TCP/UDP, voice, video, VPN/VRF, subnetting, DHCP, DNS, SD-WAN, SD-Access, ISE, DNAC, etc.
• Must have experience with routing and switching hardware to include an array of Cisco platforms, Palo Alto, and KG-175 encryptors.
• Must have experience with Open STIG vulnerability identification.
• Must have an active DoW 8570 IAG Level II certification (ex: Security+). 

Desired Skills:

• Have 1, or more, relevant certifications to include CCNP and CISSP.
• Have experience with vendors such as Netscout, BlueCoat, NetScaler.
• Have an understanding of Independent Verification and Validation/CORA (CCRI) Processes and Procedures and critical thinking skills.
•  Have experience with Firewall configuration and troubleshooting.
• Have experience with Managing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telecommunications infrastructures.
• Have experience in management or leadership roles. 

ITEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of ManpowerGroup Public Sector.