Network Engineer

Abile Group - Alexandria, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Alexandria, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Network Engineer at Abile Group will support an Intelligence Community Customer in Alexandria, VA, focusing on designing, implementing, and maintaining unified communication systems. This role is critical for ensuring the successful deployment and ongoing support of voice and video collaboration solutions, requiring a strong understanding of various unified communication technologies and a commitment to staying current with industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Configuring, managing, monitoring, and maintaining government Command and Control (C2) voice and video collaboration devices.
• Implementing, testing, and troubleshooting enterprise collaboration solutions supporting an operational voice and video network.
• Developing, implementing, and managing voice and video collaboration processes including design standards to ensure compliance, relevancy, and sustainability.
• Performing capacity planning of the collaboration services by monitoring and analyzing network performance and availability of voice and video services.
• Researching and evaluating tools and technologies to enhance the collaboration environment, while developing solutions to increase performance and lower total cost of ownership.
• Providing Tier I and Tier II support for trouble resolution of the voice and video infrastructure, including on-call duties and off-hours support when needed.
• Flexibility with scheduled support of outages after hours and on weekends.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree with a communications focus or equivalent plus 2 years of experience in networking, design, development, and implementation of voice and video collaboration.
• Security+ certification or DoD 8570 Level II equivalent desired.
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification required.
• Experience in implementing and managing local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and other network-related technologies.
• Proficient in network configuration and troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance and security.
• Ability to monitor network performance and proactively address issues to minimize downtime.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate network solutions into new and existing systems.
• Conducting regular maintenance and firmware upgrades on network infrastructure.
• Creating required documentation for network infrastructure.

Nice-to-haves

• BSEE, BSCE or BSCS with networking focus and a minimum of 2+ years of relevant networking experience.
• Experience with Cisco's SIP and Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
• In-depth implementation and troubleshooting experience of collaboration using concepts/protocols such as H.263, H.264, bandwidth resolutions, and frame rates.
• Experience with voice and video collaboration systems such as CUCM, UCS platform, CMS Meeting Server, Telepresence Management System, Video Communication Servers, Multi-controller Units, and Voice Gateways.
• Experience with Network Engineering Collaboration, CCNA, Cisco CDR Reporting and Call Analytics, Sigma Phone Conferencing, Cisco Prime Provisioning, Cisco Call Manager, Cisco HyperFlex, Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.
• Experience with AMX and VQ.
• Exceptional verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Experience with voice and video performance management tools, security tools and appliances, layer two technologies, wireless communications, and firewall/gateway traversals is preferred.
• Experience working in a lab development environment performing testing and development functions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities