Lead Network Engineer with Security Clearance

Company: Blackstone Talent Group
Location: Arlington
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Lead Network Engineer to join our team at our client's site in Arlington, VA. We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to lead and supervise a team of network engineers. You will be responsible to optimize and maintain the "As Is" architecture while simultaneously setting conditions to integrate emerging capabilities and capacity to support customer's global operations. You will lead and mentor engineers to ensure priorities for planning, installing, securing, operating, and maintaining LAN, WAN, WLAN, and Mobile networks in support of established operational requirements and service level objectives. In this role, you should have outstanding leadership and communications skills, superior problem-solving skills, exceptional initiative tempered with sound judgment, and a thorough knowledge of network administration and architecture. Responsibilities -- Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN and Mobile Integration) -- Configure and install software, servers, routers and other network devices -- Monitor network performance and integrity -- Prioritize and Resolve issues tiers of support have escalated -- Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness -- Mentor team members on technical issues -- Create, oversee and test security measures (e.g. access authentication and disaster recovery) -- Communicate with users when needed -- Maintain complete technical documentation -- Provide technically sound input necessary to enable improvements to network performance, capacity and scalability -- Lead a team of engineers to ensure operational excellence, adherence to sound configuration management discipline and support technical planning Required Experience: -- Industry-related experience as a Senior Network Engineer -- Professional certification (eg. CCNP,SEC +) -- Solid background in network administration and architecture -- In-depth understanding of communication protocols (mainly TCP/IP) and routing protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF) -- Familiarity with access control models and network security -- Knowledge of coding languages for scripting (e.g Python, Perl) -- Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring and analysis tools (e.g. SolarWinds network tools) -- Solid understanding of network operating systems (JUNOS, Cisco IOS) -- Leadership, organizational and mentoring skills -- BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field Security Clearance: -- Active BI preferred but will take someone who is eligible for a clearance. Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors. EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities

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