nNetwork Engineer SMEin

The Network Engineer SME provides technical expertise in network engineering, administration, and operations. This role maintains enterprise network infrastructure to ensure proper configuration, availability, performance, capacity, and maintenance (including application of the latest patches and upgrades). This role monitors technology obsolescence, manages upgrades, and evaluates alternatives across on-premises and cloud IT infrastructures, both virtual and physical. This role monitors operations and collects and evaluates metrics to manage network services and for inclusion into project KPIs and Service Level Agreements (SLA). This individual performs risk assessment, risk mitigation analysis, vendor trade studies, and appropriate documentation to ensure network services are available according to established Service Level Agreements (SLA). This role ensures continuity of operations including disaster recovery. \n \n \nPrimary Responsibilities:\n \n \n

• This role is responsible for architecture, design, installation, configuration, administration, support, and maintenance of networks, including associated hardware and cloud resources. \n
• Duties include updating to new technologies, tuning performance, and prioritizing the implementation of critical system patches. \n
• This infrastructure includes on-premises and cloud resources.\n

• Master’s degree with 15+ years of prior relevant experience or a Doctorate with 13+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.\n
• Must have an active TS/SCI with a Polygraph, to be considered.\n
• Expert in providing technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.\n
• Expert in establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives.\n
• Domain and expert technical knowledge.\n
• Expert in directing and controlling activities for a client, having overall responsibility for financial management, methods, and staffing to ensure that technical requirements are met.\n
• Expert in interfacing with senior management and negotiating with clients on requirements and deliverables.\n
• Experience with Cloud technologies -AWS\n
• Expert level experience with Cisco and Nexus Architecture with experience with designing, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise-level Cisco/Nexus networking hardware (9K/7K/5K/2K).\n
• Expert experience in scripting skills with shell, python, PERL and the like\n
• Proven experience installing and maintaining security patches on servers\n
• Documented experience creating maintaining and implanting detailed documentation for standard systems operating procedures\n
• Expert experience supporting Windows and Unix environments\n
• Ability to analyze available hardware and software from external vendors and make recommendations for purchase and installation\n
• Expert experience with ITIL\n
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco Enterprise environments\n
• Expert experience with IP, Routing and Connection services\n
• Expert experience working on a SAFe Agile Framework.\n