Senior Network Engineer

• ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**
  
  

Do you like working with high-performing Network Security Engineering Teams? Are you self-motivated and enjoy a challenge?

D2 has an exciting and challenging opportunity available for a Network Engineer who performs research, requirements analysis, design, installation, documentation, troubleshooting, and sustainment of local- and wide-area network hardware and services.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Develop system specifications, architecture designs, integration and test plans, and all relevant documentation
• Develop risk management and mitigation strategy
• Maintain compliance with QA standards as well as ensure service performance indicators are met or exceeded
• Experience in reviewing mission-related change requirements such as Requests for Change (RFCs) and approved Change Requests (CRQs) and determining impacts on Transport activities across the Enterprise while providing Technical solutions and cost impacts.
• Experience in complex telecommunications applications involving all phases of telecommunications network design, implementation, and analysis
• The focus will be on Requirements Analysis, Development, and Implementation
• Engineer and implement solutions for Projects based on customer Change Requests
• Serve as the technical representative for assigned projects
• Provide recommendations on newly submitted action items
• Coordinate issues with the appropriate owners/organizations
• Provide concurrence on decisions or recommendations by assigned suspense.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, surveys, site visits, scenarios, business analysis, and test/workflow analysis
• Write requirement specs according to standard templates
• Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements
• Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams)
• Perform requirement analysis and verification, ensuring requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and they conform to standards
• Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the review process
• Identify requirement errors and defects, and write response statements to appropriate owners/organizations
• Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure the attainment of performance and availability objectives
• Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance the capacity, performance, and reliability of the network
• Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization, and industry best practices
• Follows all Customer network security processes and procedures, and ensures compliance with all Government policies
• Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams.
  
  

You’ll Bring These Qualifications

• 10 years of related technical experience in Network and Transport technologies, tools, and techniques
• 5 years’ experience with large-scale enterprise/global networks in a fast-paced diverse environment
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
• Ability to work independently with little direction and guidance
• Network design, engineering, and implementation (Advanced Level)
• Creation of network-related Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) equipment lists and costing
• Ability to estimate labor needed to complete planning, engineering, procurement, and installation of complex Enterprise Transport solutions
• Understanding of DISA and IC standards and processes
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents and present oral presentations to senior/executive management
• Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities
• An understanding of how to practice requirements engineering according to several hardware/software development life cycles in a team environment.
• Knowledge of product management concepts and how Enterprise network products are positioned and implemented
• Proficient in MS Office suite – Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Ability to work weekends and evening hours as needed
• Understanding and experience with the DoD Architecture Framework and other key DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions
• Experience with CISCO and Juniper: switches, routers, as well as Cryptographic devices, IPSEC.
• Experience with Network analysis tools (CISCO Network Analysis Modules, Solar Winds Network Management, OPNET NetOne, HP Network Node Manager, etc.)
• Experience with CISCO and Juniper firewall/VPN devices
• Experience with supporting IP services to connect to NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWICS (IPv4, VPN, IPSEC, GRE, IPv6, Multicast, QOS, SDN, SNMP, VOIP, VTC, etc)
• Experience with BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
• Experience with one of the following cloud environments a plus; AWS, AZURE
  
  

Would Be Nice To Have

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• CISCO CCNP, CCVP, CCNA, or CCDP (or equivalent)
• ITIL v3 Foundations
• ISC2 CISSP
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  
  

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $125-145k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!
• D2 is committed to maintaining a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
  
  

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