Network Engineer 3

Inovex Information Systems

Full-time - Mid Level

11-50 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We are seeking a Network Engineer III with extensive experience in Cisco and Arista technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex network infrastructures, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Strong expertise in routing, switching, firewall management, and network automation is required, along with the ability to mentor junior engineers and troubleshoot advanced network issues. The candidate will be required to travel as needed. The Level 3 Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities: Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management. Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information. Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools. Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture. Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies. Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components. Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements. Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate. Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations. Oversee the support to all network equipment. Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements. Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers. Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other regulations. Resolve complex network problems, operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment and network simulators. Design modules representing traditional circuit switched networks. Lead large efforts and installation projects of dynamic requirements and scale. Develop algorithms for models using networking and/or telecommunications technologies and systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize complex network infrastructures.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of network systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and troubleshoot advanced network issues.
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
• Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information.
• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools.
• Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture.
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for various network devices.
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
• Gather data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements.
• Implement network solutions to support server requirements including load-balancing, VPNs, and firewall contexts.
• Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations.
• Oversee support to all network equipment.
• Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements.
• Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers.
• Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other regulations.
• Resolve complex network problems and operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment, and network simulators.
• Design modules representing traditional circuit switched networks.
• Lead large efforts and installation projects of dynamic requirements and scale.
• Develop algorithms for models using networking and/or telecommunications technologies and systems.

Requirements

• A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university and ten (10) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support.
• In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and an additional two (2) years relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support may be substituted for a total of 12 years.
• In lieu of a Master's or Bachelor's degree and an additional six (6) years of relevant experience providing Network Engineering support and a Certification in an industry standard (Arista Configuration Essentials, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or Juniper Certification Tracks) may be substituted for a total of 16 years.
• Certifications Required: IAT Level III.
• Position requires Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph.