Network Engineer

The Bartech Group, one of America's largest and fastest-growing staffing firms, continues to elevate the staffing industry to a higher level of thinking. Bartech Enterprise Staffing specializes in temporary and direct placement of Engineering, IT, Technical, Finance & Accounting, and Professional staff.

Currently we are seeking individuals for the following position:

Network Engineer- Colorado Springs, CO

Job Responsibilities:

We are looking to employ a Network Engineer who will report directly to the Director , Network Services and Technology

The duties and responsibilities are as follows;

This position will be support the initial design, implementation and evolution of multi-service based network topologies, used in providing advanced satellite communications support and network operations based services to the US government, DoD as well as the commercial sectors.

In this role, you will support the technical leadership in the architecture and engineering functions required of both secure/classified network topologies but also for enterprise-class commercial network environments. 

You will work with other technical leaders within our organization to find elegant solutions to complex engineering and operational challenges that exist in our current and growing customer base.  You will collaborate with other Integral professionals in the design and evolution of network/systems based products used to support a multi-service based network topology.  This position will collaborate with both US and Foreign-based resources to ensure objectives are met in a timely manner.

This position will also support network engineering and operations activities supporting current and future programs within the company proper.

Skills Required to be considered:         

Bachelors Degree.  (Will consider prior military service and work history in lieu of degree.)with a minimum of 5 years experience. US Citizenship is required with a Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret.        

CCNP, CCSP and will consider CCNA in conjunction with other active relevant certifications

Certifications must be active and in effect for more than 2 years.

Minimum 3 years experience in ISP, Telecom or similar production environment

Minimum 1 years in the IT support space

Network OSI knowledge

IOS experience

Experience in IDS/IPS and Firewall management

Understanding of security related technologies including encryption, IPsec, PKI etc

Network Management Principles - FCAPS (TMN 30.10)

ACL management, Subnetting, NAT, TACACS+, Radius, Syslog, NAM, IDS, SSL, PPPOE, PPPOA

Understanding of protocols such as OSPF, EIRGP, RBE, Spanning Tree, BGP, HSRP, GDP, NTP, SNMP, ICMP, TFTP, DNS, DHCP

Network architecture and design, for IP, MPLS, ATM and satellite based DVB-S/S2/DVB-RCS networks 

Experience in DoD networking environments, DIACAP, implementation of IA requirements under 8500.2, NIST 800-53, C&A activities etc. 

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Excellent written and verbal skills

Windows and Unix experience

Work flexibility is required and must be willing to work off-hours/days in support of critical programs, customers or other incidents deemed critical by leadership.

Desired:

Top Secret clearance preferred

Experience with SSL and TCP accelerator implementation

Experience with Identity and SSO (Single-sign on) system implementation

Experience creating detailed network diagrams using Visio, Autocad or similar tools

Experience in IP Multicast applications (I.e. PIM/SSM)

Other helpful skills:

Relational Database Experience

Shell scripting Experience

System Administration Experience in Windows and Unix environments

Experience in telecommunications, satellite & broadcasting technologies

Wireless concepts

Experience with 3rd party network analyzers and packet tools

Cabling standards for CAT 5/E/6A (TIA/EIA-568A/B etc.)

Testing and/or Lab Experience

Minimum Education Required: Bachelors Degree.  (Will consider prior military service and work history in lieu of degree.)with a minimum of 5 years experience.