Network Engineer

Client: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

POP: 12 months

Location: Fort Worth, TX

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a network engineer in a corporate environment
• Minimum 3 years of Federal experience as a network engineer
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Certification
• Past experience in planning, procurement, designing, developing, configuring, and commissioning federal networks and associated systems for network monitoring and incident management.
• Previous experience with Federal Government network documentation and policy design/compliance.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate, and monitor network infrastructure to ensure networks are configured to operate at optimal performance.
• Expert in troubleshooting and diagnosing network problems, and determining the most appropriate means of resolving problems and issues to improve network performance.
• Enhanced ability to monitor the overall performance of systems to assess the need for updates, upgrades, enhancements, preventative maintenance and new systems, and recommending options for upgrading and improving the performance of systems.
• Ability to plan and communicate the steps needed to deliver a defined outcome.
• Ability to evaluate and document the business case for a defined initiative.
• Ability to view overall business priorities and redefine own and team s priorities in line with expectations and objectives.
• Ability to ensure most urgent and important needs of the business are achieved.
• Ability to summarize technical information into a format suitable for senior management reporting without losing the essence of the information.