Network Engineer

ManTech seeks an experienced and passionate, career and customer-oriented Network Engineer to join our team in the Ft. Meade MD area.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Support multi-platform, multi-system network solutions. Provision and sustain network infrastructures. Diagnose network performance shortcomings and design and implement performance improvements. Develop, operate, and manage networks in a secure PKI, IPSEC, or VPN enabled environment. Implement routing protocols, QOS, traffic shaping and policing on the network. Research and recommend advanced technologies such as software defined networking and infrastructure as code.

Provides technical expertise in the management of a public and/or private network such as Internet protocol (IP) networks, wide area networks (WANs), and public switched telephone networks

Plans, designs, installs, maintains, monitors, analyzes, troubleshoots, modifies and supports network communications systems to provide maximum performance and availability

Plans, designs, implements and supports local and wide area networks (LANs/WANs) in the areas of Internet connectivity, capacity planning, routing, switching, server load balancing, network security, and wireless

Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities

Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise

Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices

Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations

May lead functional teams or projects

Requires depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized area and general knowledge of related areas

Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services

May lead teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

Leads others to solve complex problems; uses analytical thinking, tools, and judgement to identify innovative solutions

Minimum Qualifications:

20 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university. Six additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.

Experience in the implementation and technical support of multi-platform, multi-system networks to encompass diagnosing network performance shortcomings and designing and implementing performance improvements.

Experience supporting network solutions for complex, high performance systems.

Experience provisioning and sustaining network infrastructures and have experience developing, operating, and managing networks

Experience and knowledge of peer-to-peer distributed storage networks, peer-to-peer routing, and application messaging frameworks.

Clearance Requirements:

Must have a current/active TS/SCI w/ Poly

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to be in a stationary position more than 50% of the time

Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a computer

The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.