Network Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Annapolis Junction, MD

17h•$77,600 - $176,000•Remote

About The Position

Network and install systems on dedicated infrastructure and ensure the network and infrastructure is functional and highly available, including critical updates and patching. Provide customers insight into their network through monitoring and performance management. Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. Accomplish work without considerable direction and look for ways to improve infrastructure performance using the latest technology and best practices. Increase team knowledge of the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning. Share expertise through leadership and mentoring to develop core competencies with assigned team members. Work through challenges, develop new methodologies, and document and generate standard operating procedures. Identify new opportunities to modernize the network to help your customers meet their needs.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with systems administration
5+ years of experience with network engineering, network tuning, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or CentOS
Experience managing virtual machine software defined switching and assisting with policy creation using VMware ESXi and vCenter
Knowledge of Network Attached Storage design patterns
Knowledge of planning and implementing Layer 2 and 3 network architecture, access controls, and associated polices using multiple vendor components
Knowledge of bi-directional network transfer systems, RMF, and applying security controls
Knowledge of Linux firewalls, networking configuration, LDAP, and Certificates and Domain Name Systems
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
HS diploma or GED
Ability to obtain DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Compliant Certification within 60 days of start date

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS and managing systems using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies, including Salt, Ansible, Puppet, PowerShell, Chef, and Terraform
Experience with Python, YAML, or JSON
DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Compliant Certification

Responsibilities

Install systems on dedicated infrastructure and ensure the network and infrastructure is functional and highly available, including critical updates and patching.
Provide customers insight into their network through monitoring and performance management.
Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network.
Improve infrastructure performance using the latest technology and best practices.
Increase team knowledge of the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning.
Share expertise through leadership and mentoring to develop core competencies with assigned team members.
Work through challenges, develop new methodologies, and document and generate standard operating procedures.
Identify new opportunities to modernize the network to help customers meet their needs.