Network Design Engineer
$125,000–$125,000 year
On-siteMcLean, Virginia, United States or Hanover, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Develop engineering assessments for MILDEP Campus Area Networks, reviewing work products for adherence to design concepts and customer standards. Coordinate with Project Managers and Lead Engineers on network architecture decisions, recommending major system installations and preparing milestone status reports. Execute network design upgrades, develop configurations and cutover plans, and manage staging, pre-configuration, and execution of cutover plans. Submit site-specific reports and drawings to Government for review and approval while adhering to U.S. Army engineering processes. This role supports the US Army Comprehensive Modernization (COMPMOD) program across NIPR and SIPR networks, Wi-Fi, and VoIP infrastructure at CONUS Army installations.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS in a technical discipline
- at least 10 years of experience in a similar role
- Cisco CCNA certification
- technical knowledge, skills and experience and the ability to direct technical resources in the completion of assigned tasks
- network design upgrades
- development of configurations and cutover plans
- staging and pre-configuration
- execution of the cutover plans
- documentation and system testing
- experienced and familiar with the design and configuration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks
- spanning tree
- software defined networking
- VLANs
- Virtual Network Identifiers (VNI)s
- VXLANS
- VRFs
- Hostnames
- OEM equipment from CISCO
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with team members of different abilities, backgrounds, and skillsets
- Proven ability of delivering products on time or ahead of schedule
- Active Secret Clearance or higher
- Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time on deployments for CONUS locations
Desired Qualifications
- Cisco CCNP and/or CCDP certification
- Passive Optical Networking (PON)
- Familiar with Juniper network equipment and network management
- Cisco Prime
- IT PIE
- US Army network design standards
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