Network/Infrastructure Engineer

Description

SAIC has an immediate opening for a Network/Infrastructure Engineer to support customer mission-driven activities. The successful candidate must be familiar with Internet-based infrastructure procurement, creation, and operations & management (O&M) through various means and methods. You must be able to keep detailed records of passwords and other resource information and work with other personnel on specific requirements and needs. Also, you must have Linux proficiency to manage virtual network activities for the customer.

Qualifications

• Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree, or relevant experience can be substituted for the degree
• Minimum of 9 years of relevant technical experience
• Ability to meet with customers at all levels to discuss virtual infrastructure needs, problems (with proposed solution), and near/long-term changes to the infrastructure architecture that may be needed in support of mission activities
• Ability and experience to create, configure, and support VM’s
• Ability to work with the procurement organization for equipment that may be needed to support VM infrastructure
• Experience and ability to work with customer partners where network interconnections occur to ensure uninterrupted data transfers via network routing. This includes from the VPNs at the edge, back to and through the network infrastructure
• Experience working with cloud-based architectures (Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
• Linux proficiency in virtual environments at the command line to include firewall configuration
• Ability to work well in a dynamic environment, with tight deadlines and evolving priorities
• Ability to create and innovate solutions in-house to address unique requirements

Desired/Optional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals (OSI model and IP subnetting basics) and familiarity with data transport protocols and tools (e.g. SFTP, SMTP, HTTPS, etc.)
• Experience with network security appliances and encryption fundamentals (Wireguard, Open SSL, asymmetric cryptography, etc.)