Network Engineer (SME) - Mid – Senior

Network Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) will be hired on the iSupport team.

Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Network Engineer SME (RSM) position is to plan, design, deploy, and support a mission-critical project for the Military Health Systems under the Defense Health Administration. Secondary responsibilities include the deployment and ongoing support of enterprise network infrastructure systems in the areas of Route/Switch, Security, and Load Balancing. The position requires experience with automation tools, specifically Ansible, to enhance network management and deployment processes.

Technologies utilized by the Network Engineer SME include: Ruckus 7750/7450/6610, Cisco Catalyst 4500/9300/9500, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASR/ISR Routers, Palo Alto Firewall, IDS, IPS, F5 BIG-IP, Citrix Netscaler, and Cisco ISE. The position also requires demonstrated competence in LAN/WAN technologies, BGP, OSPF, Spanning Tree, Software Defined Networking, and automation with Ansible. Additionally, the Network Engineer SME is responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams in relation to the deployment and support of physical/virtual network infrastructure, which includes technologies such as VMWare, Linux, Windows Server, physical servers, and enterprise storage arrays.

Responsibilities:

Examples of the administrative responsibilities for the Network Engineer SME include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Attending planning sessions to understand business and technical requirements.
• Recommending cost-effective, technically feasible network solutions that meet initial capacity requirements, provide long-term scalability, and anticipate future growth and performance needs.
• Adhering to and following change management policies that facilitate a stable, well-documented network infrastructure that meets organizational requirements. This includes the creation, submission, review, and periodic representation of complex changes in weekly change management meetings.
• Documenting projects, support actions, and other administrative artifacts to serve as reference material for fellow engineers and management staff.
• Ensuring incidents and service requests adhere to established service level agreements (SLAs).
• Pursuing professional development opportunities through certifications, training, or conferences that enhance both technical and non-technical skillsets relevant to their role within the organization.
• Submitting written and verbal status reports as requested to management staff.

Network Administration:

The technical responsibilities of the Network Engineer SME include the design, deployment, upgrade, and support of enterprise and facility network infrastructure. Examples of required skillsets and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demonstrating a solid understanding of the OSI and TCP/IP network models with applicable examples.
• Supporting and maintaining various network platforms with a focus on Cisco (switches and routers), Palo Alto (firewalls), UpLogix (remote console), and F5 (Load Balancing and Packet Broker).
• Understanding BGP, OSPF, and LISP routing technologies.
• Demonstrating experience as a Systems Engineer, including network design, documentation, installation, operational support, and configuration of network devices such as servers, routers, switches, workstations, associated software tools, and cabling in a LAN environment.
• Utilizing Ansible for network automation to streamline the deployment, configuration, and management of network devices.

Requirements:

• Senior knowledge of networking and systems administration; and the ability to troubleshoot problem
• Experience with TCPDump, Wireshark and analyzing network traffic.
• Knowledge and experience working with Ansible

• Knowledge and experience working with Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), and associated technologies preferred
• Proven skills in discussing and planning application architecture with cross-functional application, business, technical teams and third-party vendors.
• Should be capable of organizing, tracking and managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Preferred applicants will also be familiar with government information assurance standards including DISA STIGs, NIST 800-53, IAVAs management, auditing and accreditation processes.

• 8570 Compliant / CCNA OS cert

• Must be able to obtain TS security clearance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.