Senior Network Engineer

Govcio•Tampa, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

GovCIO is hiring a Senior Network Engineer to provide operational and integration support for a multi-vendor infrastructure, including networks, systems, and virtual training environment vendors. The position is based in Tampa, Florida, and is on-site, with flexible remote work depending on project requirements. The engineer will support integration, modernization, and new installations for partner nations and allies in the Southern and European Command areas of responsibility, working alongside a team of specialized engineers. International travel of up to 40% to customer locations is expected. The role involves network and system engineering across routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and related infrastructure. The engineer will contribute to design, implementation, testing, optimization, documentation, and customer support, working under the direction and guidance of senior engineers and network architects where specified.

Requirements

High school diploma and at least 9 years of experience, or commensurate experience.
Active Secret clearance.
Valid U.S. passport and ability to travel internationally up to 40% to customer locations in Eastern Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America.
Proficiency with network diagramming and productivity tools such as Visio, Lucid, and AutoCAD.
Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE, CCNA Security, CySA+, or CASP.
Entry-level experience in Cyber Network Defense (CND) or cybersecurity operations, or a current CCNA-level certification.
Knowledge of multi-area OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and MPLS environments.
Experience setting up IPSec VPNs, GRE tunnels, and DMVPN architecture.
Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols over campus and WAN networks.
Experience with multitiered hub-and-spoke network design.
Familiarity with major vendor command-line environments such as Cisco IOS, JunOS, or PanOS.
Intermediate understanding of designing, testing, and implementing dynamic IGP and EGP routing protocols, and a core understanding of Layer 2 technologies.

Nice To Haves

Relevant master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or high school diploma and 9+ years of relevant network design and implementation experience; specific expertise, education, and training may substitute for a degree.
Senior military background in Signal, Communications, or Information Technology MOSs.
CCNA Security or CCNA CyberOps; alternatives include JNCDA/JNCIA or PCCET/PCNSE.
CCNP Security or CCNP Service Provider (SPCORE).
Fluent conversational and written Spanish.

Responsibilities

Gather information about company product capabilities, investigate technical capabilities of company and competing products and solutions, and stay informed about hardware and software developments.
Develop quantifiable requirements from customer descriptions and system planning and design, and verify compliance through formal methods.
Translate high-level product development strategies into network and system requirements, and coordinate with other engineering disciplines on detailed implementation requirements.
Establish and coordinate standards, practices, and procedures for network and system development.
Design interfaces and integrate network and system elements into a functioning whole; assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
Support customer liaison and business development activities, including understanding and shaping requirements.
Provide engineering and implementation support for integration, modernization, and new installations for partner nations and allies in Southern and European Command areas of responsibility.
Install network equipment and cabling in complex data center environments.
Provide operations and integration support for multi-vendor infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and servers.
Assist senior engineers and the team with routing and switching, including design, testing, and implementation of dynamic routing protocols and Layer 2 technologies.
Configure, install, and manage routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, VLANs, MPLS, IP routing protocols, IP multicast, and QoS under the guidance of senior engineers and network architects.
Apply appropriate routing protocols to optimize end-to-end performance across LAN, WAN, CAN, SAN, and data center environments.
Assist customers in identifying derived design objectives, technical specifications, performance requirements, and interoperability specifications to meet end-to-end stakeholder requirements.
Document networks, system changes, and required checklists within the configuration baseline.
Create and work with network drawings using tools such as Visio, Lucid, and AutoCAD.