Network Engineer

Adventure Technology Services is a small IT contractor headquartered in Hanover, MD that provides high level solutions to Federal Government customers and are always looking for high quality professionals to join our team.

Position Title: Network Engineer

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Salary Range: Open

Location: Annapolis Junction

Role/Responsibilities:

Analyze system requirements and leads design, development and implementation activities.

• Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.

• Incorporate new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation.

• Guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans, system integration and test plans.

• The lead must be an effective communicator interacting with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Will ultimately be responsible for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.

• Individual will be required to install, configure, test and maintain an IT Infrastructure for various disparate classification domains. These infrastructures include legacy and next generation configurations.

• Understanding of networking protocols, setup and troubleshooting to include Cisco routing and switching devices, Cisco Firewalls, and switching technology

• Designing and implementing network solutions based on business requirements and industry best practices.

• Installing, configuring, and maintaining network hardware and software components, including routers, and switches.

• Monitoring network performance and proactively identifying and resolving network issues and vulnerabilities.

• Conducting regular network assessments and audits to ensure security, availability, and scalability.

• Ability to troubleshooting network outages, and provide timely resolution.

• Managing network documentation, including network diagrams, configurations, and standard operating procedures.

• Providing technical support and guidance to customer, assisting with network-related issues and inquiries.

• Keeping up to date on emerging network technologies and industry trends, and implementing STE/STN requirements to enhance network performance and security.

Education & Related Experience: Eight years demonstrable experience (with degree, or 10 without) in network engineering (LAN), architecture, monitoring, security, and protection. Must have datacenter network design and architecture

experience to include installation and configuration of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, and IPSEC virtual private networks.

**IAT Level 2 Certification Required*

Salary Range: $170k-193k/annual Salary

Salary ranges are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to:

Knowledge, skills, & abilities Years of experience

Education/Certifications Program placement

Duties & responsibilities Internal equity

More detailed information will be provided once those factors are known and addressed.

OVERTIME STATEMENT:

40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. A limited number of programs have on-call requirements where compensation is provided for being engaged to wait. In all circumstances, technical employees will be paid for all time worked.

BONUS STATEMENT:

All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses that are based on the number of hours worked for that period. This hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in a given quarter. Quarterly Hours Bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in that prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends.)

Adventure offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

Health, Dental, and Vision coverage

401(k) with 8% matching

Adventure-paid Life, Short-, and Long-Term Disability insurances

Generous PTO, Holiday, and Emergency Leave

Professional development & tuition And much more! For a full list of benefits and additional details, click here.