Senior Network Engineer

SAIC • Colorado Springs, CO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is excited to announce a Network Engineering role on the Network Information Technology Enterprise Services (NITES) contract supporting our government customer NORAD NOTRHCOM in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This position is on-site and SAIC seeks an engineering technical expert to bring value to the customer through alignment with the NITES Team and provide expertise with ongoing and emerging deep technical solutions. This position will require technical long-range planning with short-term functional solutions to reach broad DoD mandates. This is a technical position and will require touch labor as well as a strategic mindset to be successful. As a Network Engineer you will support the customers’ various Wide Area Networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). This position will serve as the lead administrator to a team of Operate and Maintain (O&M) technicians in the Network Operations team. And act as the Senior role to interface with the Engineering Team. Duties of Tier II & III O&M Network Engineer are as follows: Tier III O&M of Juniper and Cisco routers include extensive troubleshooting at the layer 2 and layer 3 level and implementation of routing changes. Implementation of routing and troubleshooting issues related to the following protocols\: OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VRF’s, VPN’s Support technical exchange meetings to help resolve other ISP and application owner issues. Support problem management to conduct root cause analysis of recurring issues. Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for incident management events and outages. Candidate will be on call after hours on a rotational basis. Not required but experience with Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications is a plus. SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com . For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom .

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI
• BS + 9 years experience; or a combination of experience and additional certifications can be used in lieu of a degree
• Must comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 Certification (i.e. Security+).
• Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA) is required.

Nice To Haves

• CCNP is highly preferred
• Experience with military or coalition air domain operations and communications systems
• Familiarity with DoD architecture frameworks and system acquisition lifecycle
• Prior experience supporting joint or coalition DoD networks.
• Strong system documentation, diagramming, and technical leadership skills
• experience with Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Tier III O&M of Juniper and Cisco routers include extensive troubleshooting at the layer 2 and layer 3 level and implementation of routing changes.
• Implementation of routing and troubleshooting issues related to the following protocols: OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VRF’s, VPN’s
• Support technical exchange meetings to help resolve other ISP and application owner issues.
• Support problem management to conduct root cause analysis of recurring issues.
• Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for incident management events and outages.
• Candidate will be on call after hours on a rotational basis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees