Network Engineer

Arena Technical Resources
Merrifield, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 170K

Job location

Merrifield, United States of America

Tech stack

Access Network
Bioinformatics
Network Operating System (NOS)
Software Documentation
Computer Networks
System Configuration
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Network Security
Network Architecture
Networking Cables
Network Diagrams
Network Diagnostics
Network administration
Wide Area Networks
WAN Optimization
Network Routing
Dynamic Routing
Load Balancing
ARUBA
Juniper
Cisco networks

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated, Network Engineer, to support a federal customer's goals to modernize and transform their IT environment to efficiently deliver new technologies to their workforce.

The Network Engineer provides Tier 3 support and engineering expertise for the design, testing, and implementation of the Next Generation Network across all DEA offices. The position also requires administering network (Cisco ACI), compute (Cisco UCS), and virtualization (VMware, UCS Director) environments, performing network diagnostics and analysis, troubleshooting production outages with service providers, terminating fiber and network cables, and independently designing, writing, and updating system documentation and network diagrams. Additional duties include providing operational support for data centers, managing network applications on client workstations, optimizing VPN and network performance, implementing server load balancing and WAN optimization, and securing network access.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

  • Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting various network architectures

  • Ability to work independently

  • Designing, writing, and updating both system documentation and network diagrams

Requirements

5+ years of experience with hands-on enterprise network experience

  • Professional certification (e.g., CCNP, CCDP)

  • Knowledge of the inner workings of the major network routing protocols, including dynamic routing

  • Experience with a variety of firewalls

  • Solid background in network administration and architecture

  • Knowledge of building, developing, and maintaining SD-WAN environments

  • Familiarity with access control models and network security

  • Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring, and analysis tools

  • Solid understanding of network operating systems (Aruba, Juniper, Cisco)

  • Solid understanding of VPN

  • Sharp troubleshooting skills

  • Terminating fiber and network cables

Education:

  • Bachelors degree in a related field or relevant work experience

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