Network Engineer

Job Description

NETWORK ENGINEER

FAIR LAKES, VA – HYBRID

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A CLEARANCE, ONCE HIRED, THEY WILL PROCESS YOU FOR ONE

RATE IS NEGOTIABLE

CCNP Certification or equivalent strongly preferred.

Multi-cloud network configuration preferred.

Experience in installing and troubleshooting WAN and LAN network equipment and circuits.

Strong experience in monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Palo Alto Firewalls

Strong ability to troubleshoot network issues at the protocol/packet level using sniffers, protocol analyzers, NetFlow, logging, etc.

Strong technical network troubleshooting and critical thinking skills with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues within multiple systems.

Strong knowledge of Cisco Internetworking including IP addressing (subnets, CIDR), switching (VTP, VLANs, 802.1q, etc..) and routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PIM, multicast, etc.) and Cisco IOS

Strong knowledge of Fortinet Internetworking including IP addressing (subnets, CIDR), switching (VTP, VLANs, 802.1q, etc..) and routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PIM, multicast, etc.) and Fortinet IOS

Strong knowledge of IP networking fundamentals, OSI model, and frame/packet structure

Experience in a network operations environment including help desk, customer communication, trouble ticketing, and issue resolution.

Experience with network and performance monitoring tools (SolarWinds, etc.)

Experience in network security technologies including firewalls, VRFs, and port-security/802.1x

Familiarity with Cisco VoIP, including PoE switches and Call Manager

Must be willing to work periodic shifted schedules include evening, night, and weekends.

Full-time