Network Automation Software Engineer

Inovex Information Systems - McLean, VA

Full-time

McLean, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We're searching for talented individuals who provide cloud engineer and infrastructure support to key government customers. This program will maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of our country's most important missions both at home and abroad. If you are ready to support a high-performing team that truly makes a difference, then come join us! We are looking for a Network Automation Software Engineer to support the 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC) in providing Tier 3 network service and superior troubleshooting expertise. The Network Engineer will provide Tier 3 technical support to the NOC and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), customer networks, Intranet, Internet, and other data communications systems, or a segment of a network system. An ideal candidate must be able and willing to be in an on-call rotation for a week, including the weekends, and depending on the personnel on the roster, it can be every 6 or 7 weeks. The Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities: Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability. Maintain network hardware and software. Proactively identify risks in the network and develop a plan to mitigate them. Supports numerous business requirements for telecommunications (e.g., LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice, and Video).

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 3 technical support to the Network Operations Center (NOC).
• Maintain and monitor local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), customer networks, Intranet, Internet, and other data communications systems.
• Perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.
• Proactively identify risks in the network and develop a plan to mitigate them.
• Support business requirements for telecommunications including LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice, and Video.

Requirements

• Twelve (12) years of relevant experience, which can be a combination of degree and work history.
• Possess advanced networking qualifications, including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, and LAMBDA.
• Experience utilizing common ticket systems (Remedy, ServiceNow) and network management tools (HPOV, HPNA, SolarWinds, MNS, Netcool, etc.).
• Hands-on troubleshooting and fault isolation of IT business systems.
• Strong understanding of the OSI model and configuration of routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, LDP.
• Experience using basic Linux/Unix command line.

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred network certifications Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Juniper JNCIA, JNCIS, or JNCIE, ITIL Foundations, and/or CISSP.
• Scripting experience using Python.
• Knowledge of Cisco NSO and automation.
• Familiarity with administration of network equipment such as Cisco/Juniper.
• Experience with platform tools like Riverbed (NNMI, NetIM).
• Knowledge of Splunk.
• Familiarity with Visio.