Network Engineer I, O&M - active TS/SCI clearance

Riptide Technology is hiring a Network Engineer I O&M - active TS/SCI clearance in Springfield, VA. The position is required to be onsite and requires the ability to travel.

This position will require U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

The Network Engineer I supports the Information Technology (IT) Networking and Communications Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team to provide enterprise-level, high performance, highly available networking services in direct support of the customer’s business and mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Specifically, the Network Engineers will be responsible for a variety of operational related assignments associated with deployed operational solutions backed by Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, and SolarWinds on multiple sets of enterprise-level IT systems in support of the customer’s Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) and data center environments.
• Under the guidance of the Senior Network Engineer, the Network Engineers provide O&M support - installation, testing, validation, sustainment, upgrading, and decommissioning – as it relates to enterprise networking devices to include: switches, routers, firewalls, encryption devices, copper- and fiber-based connectivity.
• They also provide the initial level of support for service request, incidents, and problems as escalated by the IT Enterprise Service Desk. Network Engineers support the production and documentation maintenance of the Networking system(s), sub-systems(s), and component(s) in the customer’s IT networking portfolio, including as-built documentation capacity/performance plans, as well as other areas of server systems life-cycle planning.

Required Qualifications

• Shall have 3 or more years of progressive and increasingly complex experience working with enterprise-level Cisco hardware, operating systems (IOS, NX-OS, ACI, etc.), and technologies (Voice, Video, Routing, Switching, Security, etc.) across enterprise information systems and networks.
• Demonstrated experience working with Cisco-based Routing and Switching technologies (i.e., BGP, EIGRP, LACP, HSRP, OSPF, PC, QoS, STP, VPC, VRF).
• Demonstrated experience working with Cisco-based Access Control Lists (ACLs) to secure network traffic at all supported layers of the OSI Reference Model.
• Shall meet the Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) Network Operations Specialist (441); Intermediate Level for SECNAV M-5239.2 compliance. (See Navy Cool Website)
• Travel Requirements:
• Travel approximately 20% annually.

Desired Qualifications

• Strongly desired to be CCNP Collaboration and/or CCNA Security Certified.
• More senior Cisco certification levels (i.e., CCNP or higher) are a plus.
• Strongly desired to have 3 or more years of experience operating and maintaining networking solutions in secure processing environments which must adhere to U.S. Government Information Assurance and Security standards such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Requirement Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Strongly desired to have 1 of more years experience in automation and/or scripting with languages such as Python, powershell and/or ansible.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring and assessing networking systems and solutions proactively for performance degradation, and tuning and optimization opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience operating, tuning, and troubleshooting Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) and TelePresence Videos Communications Server (VCS) to support enterprise Collaboration (i.e., Voice and Video) services across a WAN.
• Demonstrated experience working with software-based configuration management solutions capable of documenting, storing and on-demand deployment of pre-generated, reviewed, and approved network-device configurations such as SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM).
• Working knowledge of common networking troubleshooting techniques, methodologies, processes, and practices to identify and resolve low-level issues and problems.
• Familiarity working with secure encrypted networking devices (i.e., Taclanes and Border Guards) and communication circuits, protocols, and configurations.
• Familiarity with Cisco data center networking solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering, design, implementation, and management of modern data center infrastructure.
• Familiarity working with Cisco local and wide area networking (LAN/WAN) solutions, technologies, and best practices to support in the engineering design, implementation, and management of Remote Office/Remote Branch networking requirements as well as smaller purpose-built information systems.

Required Education and Certifications

• Education: One year related experience may be substituted for one year of education, if degree is required.
• Associate’s degree from an accredited University; OR Certifications:
• CompTIA Security+ ce; or
• GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC); or
• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
• Certifications:
• Shall hold an active and current Cisco Certified Networks Associate (CCNA) certification.

Security Clearance Requirements

• This position will require U.S. citizenship and an active DoD TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph is required.

$145,000 - $170,000 a year

401(k) company contribution equivalent to 10% of employee's salary, immediately 100% vested, no matching required. 100% company paid dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance. Employer-provider health insurance, employee and family coverage, 85% company paid. 6 weeks annual paid time off for holidays, vacation, and sick leave. 12 weeks paid family leave, 2-5 days bereavement leave, and 2 weeks Military Reserve Duty differential pay provided for qualifying events. Opportunities for annual performance-based bonuses.

Riptide Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.