Network Engineer - E2

Standard Job Description

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in network administration, support, or engineering roles
• An active Secret with background investigation within 6 years
• Must possess or be able to obtain within 6 months of start date a valid IAT Level II or III DoD Approved 8140 (DoD 8570) certification such as Security+
• Understanding of Windows, Linux, and virtual environments
• Demonstrated experience effectively performing in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Knowledge of DoD RMF or other protection level caveats for device hardening
• Experience developing effective stakeholder and partner relationships
• Ability to work through technical, project, operational, and resource challenges.
• Proven business acumen to manage multiple assignments and projects with the ability to balance technical requirements with business needs and affordability
• Demonstrated collaboration, including interpersonal and teaming skills
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting L2/L3 devices
• understanding and minimal workings with firewall technologies
• Eperienced with diagraming tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc

Desired Skills

• At least five years experience working in enterprise type environments
• Relevant vendor certifications (CCNA, JNCIP, or LM-recognized equivalents)
• Prefer Security+, CISSP, or other IAT Level II/III security certification
• Experience hardening network infrastructure by applying STIGs
• Experience building and/or working with virtual networks within Type-1 Hypervisors
• Scripting ability to support automation (i.e. Ansible, Python, BASH, Perl, Batch, VBScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Technical documentation creation and management; including documenting existing environments
• Deep understanding of routing/switching networking concepts
• Familiarity with network automation platforms (Git, CI/CD pipelines for infra, Jinja2/Terraform basics)