Network Engineer

Iron Bow Technologies - Montgomery, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Montgomery, AL

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

Iron Bow Technologies is seeking a Network Engineer to join our team, providing subject matter expertise, leadership, and insight on advanced networking and data center networking for our Government client. This role emphasizes deploying and managing advanced infrastructure solutions, partner technologies, and service delivery. As a Network Engineer, you will drive and build networking solutions and capabilities with our customers, working closely with them to consultatively build technology requirements that align with their mission and business objectives. You will actively research, evaluate, and drive service provider and data center technologies and solutions to address customer needs, ensuring that solution deployment adheres to modern industry best practices while meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Additionally, you will develop and maintain relationships with our strategic partner community and customer base, fostering collaboration and trust.

Responsibilities

• Drive and build networking solutions and capabilities with our customers.
• Work closely with customers to consultatively build technology requirements around mission and business objectives.
• Actively research, evaluate and drive service provider and data center technologies and solutions to solve customer needs.
• Manage solution deployment adhering to modern industry best practices while meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with strategic partner community and customer base.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Service Provider, Cloud and/or Data Center Networking related consulting and delivery experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience with network design and implementation.
• 8+ years of experience architecting, designing, and delivering MPLS and Segment-Routing networks.
• Experience with large-scale SD-WAN deployments leveraging Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.
• DoD Experience incorporating WAN routing (Air Force experience a value add).
• MPLS and BGP routing background essential (Segment Routing preferred).
• Cisco Crosswork (CNC) experience a bonus.
• Ability to implement and manage advanced networking solutions at multiple levels of the enterprise and data center across multiple network OEM product lines (Cisco, Juniper, etc.).
• Deep understanding of data center and networking technologies and solutions such as BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Cisco ACI, Cisco NDFC, Data-Center Interconnectivity.
• Comprehensive understanding of service provider technologies and solutions such as MPLS, MP-BGP, Segment Routing over MPLS (SR-MPLS), Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6), IS-IS, IPv6.
• Experience with networking and cloud automation solutions such as Ansible, Terraform, Python a bonus.
• Excellent oral presentation skills and ability to present in front of small to large audiences.
• Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize various project deliverables, committed in meeting target deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Security+CE or equivalent IAT II certification required.
• Secret security clearance required.

Nice-to-haves

• Certifications are highly desired: CCNP.
• Vendor and product certifications are desired: Cisco.