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Network Engineer 2

@ RealmOne
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Columbia, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:designing networks, implementing networks, troubleshooting issues
Requirements Summary:Design, implement, and optimize complex network infrastructures; Cisco/Arista; routing, switching, firewall, network automation; mentor junior engineers; documentation and security clearance.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Cisco, Arista, Firewall, VPN, GRE, IPSec, VoIP, NAT, Network Automation
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Are you ready to KANGAROO into action at RealmOne?

RealmOne was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch industry professionals. 

Join us on this journey as we execute this mission-critical contract providing engineering support for system development, fielded systems, and labs spanning for enabled and high speed capabilities, satellite access solutions, and mission operations. 

Your effort and expertise are crucial to the success and execution of this impactful mission. This opportunity supports an Enterprise IT contract with a team of Systems Administrators, Network Engineers, Systems Engineers and System Integration Technicians, responsible for the architecture, engineering, integration, operations, maintenance and sustainment of multi-level Enterprise IT environment. 

Job Description:

  • We are seeking a Network Engineer II with extensive experience in Cisco and Arista technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex network infrastructures, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Strong expertise in routing, switching, firewall management, and network automation is required, along with the ability to mentor junior engineers and troubleshoot advanced network issues. 
     

The Level 2 Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

  • Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
  • Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information.
  • Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools.
  • Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture.
  • Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.
  • Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
  • Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements
  • Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN’s, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate.
  • Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations.
  • Oversee the support to all network equipment.
  • Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements.
  • Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers.
  • Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations. 

Qualifications:

  • A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university.
  • In lieu of a Master’s degree, a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and an additional two (2) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support for a total of eight (8) years.

  • In lieu of a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree an additional six (6) years experience providing Network Engineering support and a Certification in an industry standard (Arista Configuration Essentials, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or Juniper Certification Tracks (Automation & DevOps, Cloud, Data Center, Design, Enterprise Routing and Switching, Junos Security, Service Provider Routing and Switching)) may be substituted for a total of 12 years.

     

  • Six (6) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curriculum

Certifications Required: 

  • Information Assurance Technical (IAT) level II baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.

Position requires active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph