Network Operation Engineer (Job Number:401821)
Description:
Network Engineer providing network operations and engineering support to a dedicated enterprise Navy training network. The network engineer will be a member of a network engineering and operations team supporting an enterprise Navy training network distributed globally to approximately 50 sites and 120 ships. This position will report to the NWDC Network Division Lead/Chief Network Engineer and the Network Operations Lead.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES
This position will be responsible for installing, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting network connectivity and infrastructure on a worldwide enterprise managed network. The position will support the operation and maintenance of multiple networks across different classification levels and ensure continuous network connectivity is maintained to customers and sites. The position will support the Network Operations Center and support the use of the network by customers executing modeling and simulation events, exercises, and war games as well as administrative use including evening and weekend support. The position will support the physical installations and network configurations at local and remote CONUS and OCONUS sites and ships.
The position will support establishing and maintaining connectivity of an ATM, IP, and MPLS network in support of modeling and simulation events, new installations, and continuous operation of the network. The operations center also functions as the helpdesk for network operations support and provides troubleshooting of network connectivity including WAN circuits, equipment failures, router configurations, switchport configurations, firewall access control lists, VoIP device registrations and configuration, cryptographic device configurations and keying material. Support by this position includes coordination with Navy, DISA, and commercial circuit providers for implementation and troubleshooting; maintaining Information Assurance compliance including IOS upgrades, network device configuration changes, firewall ACL verification and changes; and supporting remote sites in restoring network failures due to equipment failures, cryptographic device modifications, or Keymat expiration and loading. The position shall report and maintain documentation of the physical and logical network architecture, IP addressing, networking capabilities, and service level performance of the sites as well as documentation on proposed changes or modifications. The position will implement, maintain, and enhance network health and status monitoring capabilities including site status, bandwidth utilization, physical and logical errors or alarms, logging, active performance monitoring, and VoIP and other data transport quality of service monitoring.
Additional responsibilities of the position include support for additional network engineering tasks, development of architectural and technical briefs on the design, capabilities, and functional operation of networking technologies and projects for peer-review with Network Engineering and other divisions; and development of network engineering equipment lists and Bill of Materials. This position will report to the NWDC Network Division Lead/Chief Network Engineer and the Network Operations Lead.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline.
- 5 or more years demonstrated experience in network engineering and operations. Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience.
Security+ Certification.
- CCNA Certification.
- CCNP Certification desired.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Strong experience in installing and troubleshooting WAN and LAN network equipment including ATM and Ethernet WAN circuits, routing (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF), VLANs, and switchport configurations.
- Strong experience in monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting and configuring ASA firewall access control lists.
- Strong ability to troubleshoot network issues at the protocol/packet level using sniffers, protocol analyzers, netflow, logging, etc. .
- Strong technical network troubleshooting and critical thinking skills with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues within multiple systems.
- Strong knowledge of Cisco Internetworking including IP addressing (subnets, CIDR), switching (VTP, VLANs, 802.1q, IGMP, etc.) and routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PIM, multicast, etc.) and Cisco IOS.
- Strong knowledge of IP networking fundamentals including OSI model, frame and packet structure, (OSI, frames, packets etc.). .
- Experience with NSA Type 1 KG cryptographic devices and keymat particularly KG-175D and KG-75.
- Experience in an operations center environment including help desk, customer communication, trouble ticketing, and issue resolution.
- Experience with Department of Defense Security Technical Implementation Guidelines.
- Experience with network and performance monitoring tools (Cisco SLA, What’s Up Gold, PRTG).
- Experience in network security, tools, and technologies including firewalls, VRFs, 802,1x, and port-security.
- Familiarity with Cisco VoIP, including PoE switches and Call Manager.
- Must be willing to work periodic shifted schedules include evening, night, and weekend. (10-15 weeks per year) .
- Must be willing to travel CONUS and OCONUS (5-10 weeks per year)
Must Currently Hold and be able to maintain a US Secret clearance
Qualifications:
SAIC Overview:SAIC is a leading provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services to the U.S. government. Our 13,000 employees deliver systems engineering and information technology offerings for large, complex government programs, as well as a broad range of higher-end, differentiated technology services. The company is headquartered in McLean, Va.. For more information, visit www.saic.com.
Job Posting: Feb 11, 2014, 9:53:51 AM
Primary Location: United States-VA-NORFOLK
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Teleworking: No
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Schedule: Full-time
Description:
Network Engineer providing network operations and engineering support to a dedicated enterprise Navy training network. The network engineer will be a member of a network engineering and operations team supporting an enterprise Navy training network distributed globally to approximately 50 sites and 120 ships. This position will report to the NWDC Network Division Lead/Chief Network Engineer and the Network Operations Lead.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES
This position will be responsible for installing, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting network connectivity and infrastructure on a worldwide enterprise managed network. The position will support the operation and maintenance of multiple networks across different classification levels and ensure continuous network connectivity is maintained to customers and sites. The position will support the Network Operations Center and support the use of the network by customers executing modeling and simulation events, exercises, and war games as well as administrative use including evening and weekend support. The position will support the physical installations and network configurations at local and remote CONUS and OCONUS sites and ships.
The position will support establishing and maintaining connectivity of an ATM, IP, and MPLS network in support of modeling and simulation events, new installations, and continuous operation of the network. The operations center also functions as the helpdesk for network operations support and provides troubleshooting of network connectivity including WAN circuits, equipment failures, router configurations, switchport configurations, firewall access control lists, VoIP device registrations and configuration, cryptographic device configurations and keying material. Support by this position includes coordination with Navy, DISA, and commercial circuit providers for implementation and troubleshooting; maintaining Information Assurance compliance including IOS upgrades, network device configuration changes, firewall ACL verification and changes; and supporting remote sites in restoring network failures due to equipment failures, cryptographic device modifications, or Keymat expiration and loading. The position shall report and maintain documentation of the physical and logical network architecture, IP addressing, networking capabilities, and service level performance of the sites as well as documentation on proposed changes or modifications. The position will implement, maintain, and enhance network health and status monitoring capabilities including site status, bandwidth utilization, physical and logical errors or alarms, logging, active performance monitoring, and VoIP and other data transport quality of service monitoring.
Additional responsibilities of the position include support for additional network engineering tasks, development of architectural and technical briefs on the design, capabilities, and functional operation of networking technologies and projects for peer-review with Network Engineering and other divisions; and development of network engineering equipment lists and Bill of Materials. This position will report to the NWDC Network Division Lead/Chief Network Engineer and the Network Operations Lead.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline.
- 5 or more years demonstrated experience in network engineering and operations. Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience.
Security+ Certification.
- CCNA Certification.
- CCNP Certification desired.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Strong experience in installing and troubleshooting WAN and LAN network equipment including ATM and Ethernet WAN circuits, routing (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF), VLANs, and switchport configurations.
- Strong experience in monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting and configuring ASA firewall access control lists.
- Strong ability to troubleshoot network issues at the protocol/packet level using sniffers, protocol analyzers, netflow, logging, etc. .
- Strong technical network troubleshooting and critical thinking skills with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues within multiple systems.
- Strong knowledge of Cisco Internetworking including IP addressing (subnets, CIDR), switching (VTP, VLANs, 802.1q, IGMP, etc.) and routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PIM, multicast, etc.) and Cisco IOS.
- Strong knowledge of IP networking fundamentals including OSI model, frame and packet structure, (OSI, frames, packets etc.). .
- Experience with NSA Type 1 KG cryptographic devices and keymat particularly KG-175D and KG-75.
- Experience in an operations center environment including help desk, customer communication, trouble ticketing, and issue resolution.
- Experience with Department of Defense Security Technical Implementation Guidelines.
- Experience with network and performance monitoring tools (Cisco SLA, What’s Up Gold, PRTG).
- Experience in network security, tools, and technologies including firewalls, VRFs, 802,1x, and port-security.
- Familiarity with Cisco VoIP, including PoE switches and Call Manager.
- Must be willing to work periodic shifted schedules include evening, night, and weekend. (10-15 weeks per year) .
- Must be willing to travel CONUS and OCONUS (5-10 weeks per year)
Must Currently Hold and be able to maintain a US Secret clearance
Qualifications:
SAIC Overview:SAIC is a leading provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services to the U.S. government. Our 13,000 employees deliver systems engineering and information technology offerings for large, complex government programs, as well as a broad range of higher-end, differentiated technology services. The company is headquartered in McLean, Va.. For more information, visit www.saic.com.
Job Posting: Feb 11, 2014, 9:53:51 AM
Primary Location: United States-VA-NORFOLK
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Teleworking: No
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Schedule: Full-time