Architecture Engineer with Security Clearance

Global Edge is an international firm specializing in staffing around the world
We are the game changers and multi-award-winning agency in the global staffing arena, redefining what excellence means in recruitment
Our client is looking to appoint a successful Architecture Engineer in Chantilly, VA
Responsibilities & Essential Duties
Network Engineer (Campus Area Network/Local Area Network (CAN/LAN)) will support our government customer’s global enterprise networks
The CAN/LAN service network architecture provides solutions for modernizing network components while supporting service delivery for customer requirements in a mission-focused operational enterprise
Our team is completely replacing a global enterprise network while providing design, engineering, and transition for a wide range of customer network requirements
This is a unique and rare opportunity to build and transition critical operations to a modern service provider network architecture
The job duties of the Network Engineer (CAN/LAN) are as follows:
• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery
Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents
• Use our private test lab to evaluate new technologies and capabilities, test proposed changes to production networks, and recreate troubleshooting scenarios to support the production enterprise network
• Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution
Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions
• Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies
Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively
• Although this position is focused on CAN/LAN, this opportunity offers the ability to learn and work on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Networks (WANs)
Qualifications (Education, Experience, & Skills)
• TS SCI CI Poly
• The candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education
This equates to a doctorate and 8 years of experience, OR a master’s and 10 years, a bachelor’s and 12 years, an associate and 14 years, or HS and 16 years
• Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 (Security+ CE)
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation
• Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port-channels
Desired Qualifications:
• Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN
Experience should include application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments
• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation
Extensive BGP experience a plus
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge
• Initiative and disciplined to work unsupervised as part of a network engineering team
Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories a plus
Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law
All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.