Senior Network Engineer - Pacific Region
C3EL•Pacifica, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
C3EL is seeking a cleared Senior Network Engineer to support the DoD medical mission. This key-personnel position ensures that complex and highly technical infrastructure requirements are addressed throughout DHA networked facilities in the Pacific region. The engineer provides regional technical leadership and high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting support for LAN/WLAN/WAN communications equipment.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship.
- An active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance or higher.
- An active Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
- An active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with Government officials, medical professionals, and highly specialized technical personnel.
- Mastery of networking protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, XDM, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, RSTP, VRRP, BIND, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, PPP, HDLC, V.35, and RS-449.
- Clear understanding of the communications and Internet standards identified in the PWS: 802.1d, 802.1q, 802.1w, 802.3, 802.5, 802.10, 802.11, 802.3u, 803.2, and 802.3z.
- Direct experience with synchronous and asynchronous communications; Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, ATM; and other communications media used by DoD and DHA.
- Experience with Optical Time Domain Reflectometers, cable testers, network sniffers, and EIA/TIA cable standards and specifications.
- Mastery-level experience in routed, switched, and shared LAN environments supporting current Microsoft operating systems, Windows Active Directory, UNIX, and OpenVMS, together with routers, switches, terminal servers, and local and long-haul WAN connectivity.
- Experience with DoD Health Care Information Systems and technical assignments directly related to the position's area of responsibility.
- Expertise in Windows networks, Cisco Systems, and Orion SolarWinds.
- Ability to perform the functions of subordinate positions in this labor category when assigned to travel to a contract site.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Zero Trust architectures and methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Pacific regional point of contact for network issues, configuration management, communications interconnection, addressing, multi-protocol routing, and network management.
- Study vendor products and determine which components and configurations best meet DoD and Pacific Region medical treatment facility requirements.
- Ensure regional procedures and standards align with DoD, DHA, and DHA Pacific Regional Command objectives and policies.
- Identify, research, and resolve complex LAN, WLAN, and WAN network problems using network management and diagnostic tools.
- Provide high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting of LAN/WLAN/WAN communications equipment for DHA networked facilities.
- Advise and consult with Government staff, agencies, and contractor representatives on network design, implementation, deployment, and management to ensure optimal support of the Military Health System mission.
- Lead and coordinate Network Specialists and internal or external organizations in resolving LAN/WLAN/WAN issues.
- Troubleshoot network and routing protocols across all levels of the OSI model using tools such as Orion SolarWinds, ARMIS, and Ansible.
- Use Management Information Blocks (MIB) and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) concepts and methodologies to support performance measurement, capacity planning, high availability, and minimum downtime.
- Establish and configure network firewalls, virtual private network devices, and intrusion detection systems to strengthen LAN/WLAN/WAN security and prevent unauthorized access to medical treatment facility systems.
- Prepare written technical recommendations, document operational changes and enhancements through tickets and standards, and coordinate standards updates with the NetMOD Network Standards Team.
- Establish and implement LAN/WLAN/WAN procedures and standards that support applicable DoD, DHA, and regional command objectives and policies.
- Communicate the status of network support requests to key customers.
- Develop policies, procedures, best practices, and minimum standards for LAN/WLAN/WAN access and operations.
- Lead or participate in other projects and provide additional support as mission needs arise.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
