Principal Network Engineer

Company: NSS
Location: Arlington
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

Responsibilities:
--- Provide architecture/engineering expertise for network implementations, cloud environment integrations, project designs, and standards development, as well as onboarding new tenants --- Provide administration/support for intelligent DNS routing between enterprise locations/data centers, as well as plan and implement upgrades (includes installation of new equipment) --- Implement approved authentication and certificate management controls
--- Use caching (static html content) for the enterprise infrastructure environment (hardware, software, and configuration components) and supported tenants
--- Support deployment options
--- Configure self IPs, port lockdown, and network routes
--- Configure remote logging to Splunk
--- Adhere to change management processes and procedures
--- Troubleshoot, configure, upgrade, maintain, and monitor the load balancer network architecture (performance, configurations, traffic flow, application monitoring, CPU capacity/utilization)
--- Analyze network alarms and identify sources
--- Coordinate with on-site support personnel while troubleshooting
--- Use enterprise service management tools to initiate, respond, and track service requests --- Create reports and analyze performance metrics
--- Develop processes/procedures and related engineering documentation for troubleshooting and quickly identifying issues
--- Perform reach back to OEM Vendors to de-conflict operational issues with known operating system bugs and security alerts
--- Partner with the information security personnel to assess potential exposure to vulnerabilities, identify mitigation plans, and ensure compliance with enterprise security baselines and standards --- Evaluate modern technologies to optimize network efficiency and review/provide recommendations to improve the network
--- Inform management in a clear, concise, and timely manner of any customer or technical issues --- Be responsive and decisive on adjusting architecture as customer requirements and technology evolves

Required Qualifications:
--- 5+ years primary role operating, troubleshooting, installing network routers and switches --- 5+ years primary role directly designing, architecting routed and switched networks up to and including enterprise sized networking solutions.
--- 2+ years as senior or lead engineer in planning, designing, and building software defined networks
--- 3+ years DoD environment
--- At least one nationally recognized certification for senior network administrators/engineers/architects tied to the proposed solution's routers and switches
--- IAT Level III in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M --- IAT Level III certification --- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering or Equivalent; Master's degree preferred
--- Configuring and installing various network devices and services --- Monitoring network performance and resource utilization, trending, capacity planning --- Use of current and emergent network design principles and protocols --- Experience with network virtualization technologies
Experience with multi-tenant network architectures
--- Familiarity with a width variety network routing and switching equipment devices from multiple vendors
--- Scripting languages such as Pearl, Python, coding for network threshold events.
--- Active or current Secret clearance

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