Network Engineer

ManTech - Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Annapolis Junction, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Network Engineer at ManTech International Corporation, you will play a crucial role in securing our nation's infrastructure while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for career advancement. This position is based in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, and is designed for motivated individuals who are eager to provide unparalleled support to our customers. You will be part of a diverse team that prioritizes employee welfare and professional growth. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks related to the management of both public and private networks, including Internet Protocol (IP) networks, wide area networks (WANs), and public switched telephone networks. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, installing, maintaining, monitoring, analyzing, troubleshooting, modifying, and supporting network communications systems to ensure maximum performance and availability. You will also be involved in the implementation and support of local and wide area networks (LANs/WANs), focusing on areas such as Internet connectivity, capacity planning, routing, switching, server load balancing, network security, and wireless technologies. Your expertise will be essential in evaluating and reporting on new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities, as well as interpreting internal and external business issues to recommend best practices. The position requires a depth of expertise in specialized areas and a general knowledge of related fields. You will be expected to solve complex problems, take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions, and work independently with guidance only in the most complex situations. Additionally, you may lead functional teams or projects, impacting the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives. This role is ideal for individuals who are looking to make a significant impact in the field of network engineering while contributing to national security.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical expertise in the management of a public and/or private network such as Internet protocol (IP) networks, wide area networks (WANs), and public switched telephone networks.
• Plans, designs, installs, maintains, monitors, analyzes, troubleshoots, modifies and supports network communications systems to provide maximum performance and availability.
• Plans, designs, implements and supports local and wide area networks (LANs/WANs) in the areas of Internet connectivity, capacity planning, routing, switching, server load balancing, network security, and wireless.
• Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities.
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices.
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• May lead functional teams or projects.
• Requires depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized area and general knowledge of related areas.
• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses analytical thinking, tools, and judgement to identify innovative solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university. Two additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Experience in the implementation and technical support of multi-platform, multi-system networks to encompass diagnosing network performance shortcomings and designing and implementing performance improvements.
• Experience supporting network solutions for complex, high performance systems.
• Significant experience provisioning and sustaining network infrastructures and have experience developing, operating, and managing networks.
• Broad technical experience and knowledge of peer-to-peer distributed storage networks, peer-to-peer routing, and application messaging frameworks.
• Must possess an active TS/SCI w/ a Polygraph.