2026699 NETWORK ENGINEER $245,000.00 WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

$245,000 - $245,000/Yr

B4Corp - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Chantilly, VA

11-50 employees

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Network Engineer position at B4Corp is a critical role that requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph. The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for building and operating a hybrid-cloud mission infrastructure and services, which includes hosting Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS), and custom applications. This position does not utilize the Customer's enterprise IT services, making it essential for the team to manage the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operation of various infrastructure components, including computer, network, and storage systems. Additionally, the role encompasses enterprise services such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Active Directory, and audit and logging functionalities. The contractor team will provide specialized support in network engineering and digital forensics. Responsibilities include continuous monitoring of IT systems to maintain Customer accreditation, coordinating engineering projects, performing technical risk assessments, and resolving technical conflicts. The team will also deploy and maintain network systems, diagnose network issues, and gather performance metrics to ensure optimal network performance. The role requires guiding networking engineering efforts across hardware, software, and virtual infrastructure domains, as well as maintaining up-to-date network topology drawings. The contractor team will engage in moderately complex network designs and upgrades, perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure, and plan network configurations for effective integration. Responsibilities also include preparing technical proposals for engineering review boards, providing system documentation to support Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) efforts, and reviewing user requests for network upgrades. The team will support the entire network life cycle, from design to maintenance, and utilize network analysis tools to identify performance problems. Furthermore, the contractor team will provide real-time and 24/7 on-call support to worldwide users, ensuring the integrity of data flow and enhancing business efficiency through technical support for various forensic applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist with continuous monitoring of IT systems to sustain Customer accreditation.
• Coordinate engineering projects including technical risk assessments and conflict resolution.
• Deploy and maintain network systems.
• Diagnose network issues and follow troubleshooting procedures to restore optimal performance.
• Gather performance and utilization metrics from infrastructure components and inform the Customer when thresholds are met.
• Guide networking engineering efforts in hardware, software, and virtual infrastructure domains.
• Maintain up-to-date network topology drawings.
• Perform moderately complex network designs and upgrades with limited guidance.
• Perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure.
• Plan network configurations for integration into the network.
• Prepare technical proposals for engineering review boards.
• Provide system documentation to support A&A efforts.
• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network.
• Shepherd and perform engineering efforts in Windows and Linux servers, workstations, storage, and virtualization.
• Support network life cycle stages such as design, configure, test, deploy, and maintain.
• Utilize network analysis tools to identify performance problems.
• Diagnose and resolve technical problems with overseas populations.
• Direct or perform the installation of IT infrastructure and configuration of operating systems and applications.
• Inspect and test all equipment prior to deployment to overseas locations.
• Make recommendations on deployment strategies considering business priorities.
• Provide end-to-end support of field network and forensic capabilities.
• Provide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and documentation to support field users.
• Provide technical support to forensic application developers to ensure data integrity.
• Research and recommend systems, equipment, and technologies to improve existing systems.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements.
• Demonstrated experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting gold image hard drives.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and performing security testing.
• Demonstrated experience creating network topology diagrams.
• Demonstrated experience designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Routing and Switching systems (Cisco expertise required).
• Demonstrated experience implementing L2 and L3 VPN across an MPLS network.
• Demonstrated experience installing, maintaining, and configuring Aspera Enterprise Server and Aspera P2P.
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of automation solutions.
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and vRealize Suite.
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of virtual networks and servers and virtual workstations.
• Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of VMware vCenter and VMware NSX-T.
• Demonstrated experience performing Hypervisor deployments.
• Demonstrated experience using forensic software including Cellebrite, XRY, WinHex, FTK, and Autopsy.
• Demonstrated experience with Gateway Redundancy Protocols including HSRP and VRRP.
• Demonstrated experience with network IP address management.
• Demonstrated experience with network security such as firewalls and ACLs.
• Demonstrated experience with Routing Protocols including OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.
• Demonstrated experience with vulnerability scanning tools.
• Demonstrated experience working in Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with TCP/IP protocol suite, IP subnets and masking, and routing protocols.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience engineering the design, build, and configuration of Linux servers and virtual infrastructure.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience performing administration, troubleshooting, patching, and support of Linux servers and virtual infrastructure.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience performing engineering, implementation, and troubleshooting of VMware virtualization infrastructure.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience performing risk analysis for proposed IT infrastructure changes.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience performing system monitoring and analysis, including root cause analysis of system faults and outages.
• Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated experience explaining protocols, technical procedures, and processes clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience with Software Defined Networking technologies, such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T.
• Demonstrated experience with load balancing technologies, such as F5 BIG-IP and Citrix Netscaler.

Benefits

• Outstanding Salaries
• Full Vanguard 401k Plan with 100% employer matched contribution up to 6%
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)
• Medical insurance with multiple plan options through United Health Care
• Dental insurance through United Concordia
• Vision insurance through Vision Service Plan
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance coverage
• Employee referral bonus of $3,000 per year for each referred employee
• Seven weeks of paid time off per year including federal holidays
• Flexible work schedule with comp time
• Free CBTNuggets Online Training Account for IT courses