Sr. Network Engineer

Sr. Network Engineer
Location: Mclean, VA or Wilmington, DE
Length: 2 years
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Responsibilities

1. Supports LAN/WAN and Carrier services with potential to branch into Firewall, Load Balancing, Wireless Mobility, DNS and DHCP platforms to ensure peak operating performance is maintained.
2. Tier 3 escalation resource for incident resolution.
3. Consult with various technology support groups as part of problem resolution efforts.
4. Proactively evaluate network environments using various tools and management.
5. Assess vulnerabilities, identify and implement mitigation plans.
6. Own platform life-cycle management.
7. Contribute to enterprise network strategy/solutions development and technology refresh efforts.
8. Provide input to network enterprise design standards and maintain network topology diagrams.
9. Participate in technology integration efforts with other engineering and support teams.
10. Provide direct support of audit and ad hoc consulting engagements.
11. Ensure compliance with departmental and enterprise security configuration standards.
12. Manage and Govern relationships with technology vendors utilized in the enterprise network.
13. Provide Technical leadership and guidance to junior personnel.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have:

1. Enterprise caliber troubleshooting skills on a diverse range of Cisco Nexus and IOS based platforms and associated technologies (Spanning Tree, MPLS, GETVPN, PBR (Policy Based Routing), OSPF, BGP, QOS, Video, Unified Communications).
2. Experience with design, configuration or support of campus and remote solutions.
3. Experience leveraging network management tools and performing packet analysis as part of incident/problem resolution.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Basic Qualifications

1. High school diploma, GED/equivalent certification or military experience.
2. At least 4 years of experience in all technical aspects of switching implementation.
3. At least 4 years of leadership experience in operational support or 4 years of leadership experience in an engineering capacity for medium to large enterprise networks.
4. At least 4 years of experience in all aspects of engineering or 4 years of experience in all aspects of operational support.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. CCNP Datacenter or CCNP Routing and Switching certification (or equivalent).
3. 6 years of experience in technical leadership of a medium to large enterprise network.
4. 6 years of experience in projects.
5. 6 years of experience in infrastructure.
6. 6 years of experience in all technical aspects of Routing implementation.
7. 6 years of experience in all technical aspects of Switching implementation.
8. Working knowledge of SDN (Software Defined Networks).
9. Working knowledge of AWS (Amazon Web Services) or other current cloud offerings.
10. Working knowledge of Python or other current scripting languages.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.