IT Network Engineer

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)•Fall River, MA

1d•$72,000 - $139,650•Onsite

About The Position

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), provider of cutting-edge cloud-based integration, automated testing and data analysis for complex, mission-critical systems in the US Department of Defense (DOD), is seeking an IT Network Engineer II to be part of our IT team and based out of our Fall River, MA location. IDT’s Information Systems team is seeking an IT Network Engineer II who is pursuing new challenges and can learn quickly. The IT Network Engineer II will assist designing, maintaining, and expanding IDT’s corporate network resources, including on-prem, datacenter, and cloud resources. Responsibilities will focus on maintaining network resources, planning network updates, and identifying improvements that could be implemented across the corporate network.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant field of Engineering, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
3+ years of full-time professional experience in corporate IT network administration or engineering role.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time as needed
Experience with configuration and administration of Cisco OSs
Experience with advanced TCP/IP, DNS, Routing, OSPF, and VLAN
Networking protocol experience (802.11, TCP, UDP, ICMP)
LAN and WAN experience
Able to shift from one project to another in an agile work environment
Ability to work with all levels of staff within and outside of Information Systems and outside the organization
Desire to stay current with industry trends and best practices
Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internet resources
Excellence in technical oral and written communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
Be capable of working independently, but thrive in a team environment
Solid analytical abilities, coupled with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive
Strong organization, communication, and planning skills

Nice To Haves

Cisco CCNA certification or equivalent is a plus
Experience with firewall policy management and design
Experience with VXLAN and NSX
Some experience with automation scripts, tools, and environments (ex. Python, Ansible)
Some experience with automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
Experience with Palo Alto firewall configuration and administration
Experience with Palo Alto Prisma Access SASE configuration and administration

Responsibilities

Maintaining, designing, and expanding IDT’s corporate network, including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless, and related equipment
Network Architecture & Design: Plans, designs, and implements network infrastructures that meet performance, scalability, and security requirements
Network Monitoring & Optimization: Monitors performance and reliability, analyzing metrics to identify and address performance issues
Interact with technical team members from multiple organizations in a team environment
Include network segmentation constructs like VLANs and VRF routing domains into existing and new network architectures
Assures Quality: Gathers, organizes, maintains, updates and shares information and knowledge using network design documentation and diagrams
Participate in identification of emerging technologies and network architectures
Assist in performing administration and lifecycle management of network hardware, and software defined networks utilizing multiple network management tools and applications
Assist in complete capacity planning, prediction, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting physical and software defined networks with tuning to ensure stable performance of supported environments on-prem and cloud-based
Supporting Tier 2 helpdesk requests related to network issues, as needed