Network System Engineer

M9 Solutions • Scottsdale, AZ

1d • $60,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

M9 Solutions is seeking a Network System Engineer to work on-site in support of a government contract for a client in Scottsdale, Arizona. The role supports satellite ground systems by designing, implementing, verifying, operating, and maintaining data communications networks across different classification levels. An active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship are required. The position requires travel of up to 50%, including increased travel during site equipment deployments; a U.S. passport is required because some travel may be outside the United States. The work is mainly in an office setting, with some work in a raised-floor computing environment.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related Science or Mathematics field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including surges during site equipment deployments.
• U.S. passport, as some travel may be outside the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Enterprise network design and topology experience.
• High-speed network design and implementation experience.
• Juniper JNCIA-Junos certification (JNCIP preferred) or Cisco CCNA certification (CCNP preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Juniper SRX-series firewalls.
• Experience maintaining environments with Linux IDM and Windows Servers (DNS and account management), Juniper firewalls, Arista switches, and NAS/SAN storage.
• Experience with multicast and routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, system hardening, and remediation.
• Strong technical writing skills for network, system, and operations documentation.
• Experience with public cloud networking and services, including AWS.
• Experience with VMware vSphere and virtual machines.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Six years of experience integrating and configuring switches, routers, firewalls, and gateways in IPv4 (TCP/UDP) data communications systems.
• Within the past five years, proven experience in at least two of the following: one year as a systems manager or operator in Microsoft or Linux environments (Windows Server 2012 or newer, Windows 7 or newer clients, or Linux); one year of LAN administration, operation, and architecture with 30+ client systems; managing mixed Windows and Linux environments; or virtualization of hardware platforms, operating systems, storage, or network resources.
• Collaborative team player and clear communicator who enjoys technical leadership, continuous learning, and improving how work gets done.

Responsibilities

• Analyze network requirements and design, document, implement, and verify data communications networks supporting satellite ground systems.
• Develop network plans and designs, install components, and configure services to meet program requirements.
• Analyze network topologies, traffic, and capacity needs for monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting during deployment events.
• Support network operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting between deployments across networks of different classification levels, including security configurations, diagnostics, corrective actions, and clear change documentation.
• Install devices in equipment racks and user workspaces.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level