What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Operation Engineer position at Beacon Systems, Inc?
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About Beacon Systems, Inc
Beacon Systems, Inc, delivers Program Management, Science, Engineering, and Technology Solutions to Federal, Commercial, State, and Local Agencies. We are a subsidiary of Radiant Digital Solutions. Our Technology support to many DoD Agencies, NASA, Voice of America, FDA, and State Agencies such as State of FL, RI, MS, ND, VA, and WV extends our delivery of solutions worldwide.
Position: Network Operation Engineer
Duration: Long Term
Location: Onsite - Ashburn, VA
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Monitoring the health of the network infrastructure, using polling and monitoring and analysis tools
- Reacting to alerts and providing resolutions to major incidents
- Installing new hardware such as switches, firewalls and routers
- Investigating hardware and software problems and working with manufacturer support teams to resolve issues
- Assisting with Security implementation and deployment
- Reporting and troubleshooting network connectivity to third parties, and WAN connectivity outages and issues with our partners
- Decommissioning old hardware: uncabling, removal from racks and organizing ecological disposal
- Escorting and assisting 3rd party installers and adhering to Company Security policies
- Installing and troubleshooting of prefabricated fibre infrastructure
- Serve as the primary responder for networking issues within the data centers
- Completing support tickets, and network audits, to ensure compliance with standards.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Hold a CCNA and may be studying or holding a CCNP
- Experienced in performing fundamental network hardware maintenance, including SFP replacements, cable management, and switch installations or replacements.
- Proficient in creating and running network automation tools, with experience using Python preferable
- Familiar with Ansible/AWX for network automation
- Skilled in mentoring other team members, and committed to knowledge sharing across the team for skills development and collaboration
- Knowledgeable around complex switching and routing concepts
- Highly organised, motivated and excellent at problem solving
- Passionate and enthusiastic about ensuring the team continues to meet the high standards of performance expected of it
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