Network Engineer

Boston Associate Software Systems - Annapolis, MD

Full-time

Annapolis, MD

About the position

The Network Engineer position is responsible for designing, developing, analyzing, troubleshooting, and documenting computer networks and infrastructure. The role requires extensive technical experience in IT networking, with a focus on ensuring security compliance, performance monitoring, and providing upper-tier diagnosis and resolution of network problems. The engineer will lead major network projects, evaluate current systems, and drive improvements in network processes and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, analyzing, troubleshooting, and documenting computer networks and infrastructure.
• Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation of a statewide network.
• Developing and analyzing network designs and protocols including prototyping and assessment.
• Performing planning, engineering, forecasting, and implementation for network systems.
• Leading and assisting in major network projects to support capacity growth and upgrades.
• Evaluating current network systems and recommending changes in maintenance and standards.
• Applying knowledge of standards and industry trends for LAN, WAN, Wireless, Data Center, and Cloud networking.
• Driving improvements in network process, efficiency, and standardization.
• Ensuring security compliance and adherence to change control processes.
• Providing diagnosis, isolation, and resolution of network problems.
• Identifying and documenting root causes of issues.
• Proactively identifying potential issues in the production environment and recommending solutions.
• Developing comprehensive documentation and managing the implementation process.
• Hosting weekly status meetings with the team.
• Leading and overseeing activities to resolve end user hardware and software problems.
• Assisting in the creation of robust network designs and providing ongoing support.
• Oversight of configuration, maintenance, and documentation of network devices.
• Reporting project progress and status on a weekly basis.

Requirements

• Associate degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.
• Active Certifications as a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.
• Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.
• Active Certifications issued within the last four (4) years.
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Enterprise Infrastructure or Security Certification.
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification.
• Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE) Certification from Palo Alto Networks.
• Layer 2 & 3 optimization and boundary virtual switching systems experience.
• Scalable routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) experience.
• Enterprise Data Center and cloud Networking for Virtualization, SDN, Load Balancing, storage experience.
• Zero Trust Network Access and micro-segmentation experience.
• High Availability in Enterprise experience.
• Advanced WAN service layers, SDWANs and WAN Optimization applications experience.
• Experience with current Network Security Services applications, services, and appliances.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure Services and IPAM products.
• Knowledge of IP multicast, Enterprise Video conferencing, streaming and on demand components.
• Knowledge of coding languages for scripting.