Network Engineer - Senior

Inovex Information Systems - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Senior

Chantilly, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

HTS (iNovex) was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch technical professionals. Your effort and expertise are crucial to the success and execution of this impactful mission that is critical in ensuring mission success through System Engineering, Network Engineering, Systems Integration, and Software Engineering & Development, by improving, protecting, and defending our Nation's Security. We are seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to support a 24x7 NOC in providing Tier 3 network service and superior troubleshooting expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 3 support to the Network Operations Center (NOC).
• Support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), customer networks, Intranet and Internet and other data communications systems or a segment of a network system.
• 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.
• Support numerous business requirements for telecommunications (e.g., LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice and Video).

Requirements

• Candidate must have a total of 12 years of applicable experience (combination of degree and work history).
• Advanced networking qualifications including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, LAMBDA. LAN/MAN/WAN/Optical specialization.
• Utilization of common ticket systems (Remedy, ServiceNow) and common 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred network certifications Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Juniper JNCIA, JNCIS, or JNCIE, ITIL Foundations, and/or CISSP.

Benefits

• Exceptional benefits
• Flexible schedules
• Paid training
• Mentoring opportunities