Network Engineer - Basic

TekSynap•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Network Engineer to join our team supporting the Defense Logistics Agency's Wide Area Network (WAN) Support Team. TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

Requirements

Clearance: Secret with IT-1 Sensitivity
Must have five years telecommunications systems experience with at least three years of local or wide area network experience.
DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level II or higher (one of the following): CCNA-Security CSA+ GICSP GSEC Security+CE SSCP CASP CE CCNP Security CISA CISSP (or Associate) GCED GCIH
Computing Environment (one of the following): CCNA
US Citizenship
Secret

Nice To Haves

Network Protocols and Technologies : Routing and traffic shaping protocols BGP, MPLS, OSPF Remote Access VPN, Site to Site VPN, DMVPN Quality of Service (QoS) implementation and design IPV6 implementation and design 1x and MAB endpoint authentication DNS TACACS+ Radius
Network Hardware: Cisco/Brocade
Network proxy and load balancing: F5 BigIP Proxy/Traffic Management appliances (Preferred)
Network Authentication and Visibility: Pulse Secure IC Series Unified Access Control Appliance Great Bay Beacon Server Cisco ACS
IPAM: InfoBlox Grid Manager
Remote Access VPN: Pulse Secure, Palo Alto, Ivanti SSL VPN Appliance
Network Sniffers: NetScout, InfiniStream . NGeniusOne
Network Monitoring and Management tools HPE Network Node Manager (NNMi) HPE Network Automation (NA) Concord eHealth Red Seal Solarwinds/Orion

Responsibilities

Analyzes and develops telecommunications networks supporting a wide range of capabilities, including voice, data, video, and/or wireless services
Develops designs and plans for installation and maintenance of telecommunications systems from project inception to conclusion
Analyzes the problem and the characteristics of the information to be transported
Defines the problem and develops system requirements and network specifications
Closely coordinates with other information system professionals to ensure proper implementation of network services
In conjunction with functional users, develops alternative solutions and backup plans