Principal Cisco Network Systems Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.•Pocatello, ID

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cisco Network Engineer will design, deploy, test, certify, patch, and resolve interoperability issues for network features, components, and application dependencies, including switches, firewalls, load balancers, software-defined networking, and private cloud requirements. This is an onsite role in Pocatello, Idaho. Applicants must have a current Top Secret clearance to be considered for an interview and must be willing to sit for a CI Poly after starting employment. The role is aimed at an Enterprise Network Engineer with at least six years of experience and a Cisco certification, or a willingness to obtain one within six months of starting. Experience with ACI and NSO is preferred.

Requirements

Active and current Top Secret clearance when submitting the application.
Willingness to sit for a CI Poly after starting employment.
At least six years of experience.
BGP experience.
OSPF experience.
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), or DevNet Associate certification; if not already held, willingness to obtain one within six months of starting.
Willingness to work onsite in Pocatello, Idaho.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience with Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Tetration, Multi-Site-Orchestrator (MSO), Network Assurance Engine (NAE), Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), Nexus Insights, and Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC).

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and provide ongoing support for networking infrastructure within and between data centers.
Serve as the advanced subject matter expert for data center network environments.
Create and maintain network infrastructure for bare-metal and virtual machines, including appropriate LAN, WAN, VLAN, SDN, firewall, and load-balancer configurations, using OEM and third-party tools such as NSX and related services.
Provision and configure required networking for servers and applications.
Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the data center network infrastructure.
Monitor and resolve network issues, create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks, provide real-time alerts, and implement proactive solutions, including redesign or technology refresh when needed.
Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for data center network components.
Write and maintain custom scripts to improve system efficiency and reduce human intervention, including automating address and VLAN provisioning with IaaS.
Provide fourth-level support.
Ensure technical documentation for all systems is maintained and kept up to date, including monthly inventory and patch-level records covering hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclaves, processor and core counts, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts.