Lead Network Engineer (Second Shift) supports the Missile Defense

Location: Schriever SFB, Colorado Springs, CO

Swing Shift: Typical work hours are 2pm-10pm, M-F

Clearance: Secret

Description of Duties:

• Work in close coordination with project managers, and other service area representatives to coordinate network design and implementation efforts.
• Review documentation to ensuring engineering quality, and maintain responsibility for projects and tasks assigned to the team.
• Recommended expertise to include Cisco, Juniper, and KG-175 Taclane.
• Have primary duties that include the review of the design, configuration, installation, and test of IT network and boundary protection devices and systems.
• Be responsible for daily hands-on operating and maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and restoral and testing of C2BMC networks.
• Perform site surveys, supporting development of technical solutions.
• Configure, install, test, and sustain IT network and boundary protection devices and systems.
• Perform data collection and validation of network services and devices.
• Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, gateways, etc.
• Have demonstrated team building, leadership, mentoring, or instructing skills.
• Be able to perform technical validation of network designs in accordance with industry best practices and DoD policies and guidelines
  
  Basic Requirements:
  
  Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 16 years of general experience; Associate’s degree and 14 years of general experience; Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of general experience; Master’s degree and 10 years of general experience

• Must have 8 years of experience in Internet Protocols (e.g. DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SSL); Firewall configuration and troubleshooting; Multiple network types (i.e. LAN, WAN, VxLAN, SDN); and/or managing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telecommunications infrastructures
• Must have experience with Cisco or Juniper routers, switches, firewalls, OSPF, network address translation, SNMP, Syslog, VRF, and network timing systems
• Must be familiar with IP addressing, subnetting, and DNS
• Must be able to obtain Security+ Certification within 120 days of employment

Desired Requirements:

• Have experience with PIM, multicast, Type I encryption devices
• Have a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA) certification
• Have experience with network monitoring
• Have experience with SolarWinds Orion network management software suite
• Have experience with VMware virtual computing
• Have experience with Microsoft Visio diagramming
• Have an understanding of various development life cycles such as the Systems Engineering life cycle, ITIL, etc