Network Design Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services LLC is hiring a Network Design Engineer to design and document a MILDEP Campus Area Network for the US Army COMPMOD program. The role supports network engineering assessments, design decisions, implementation planning, and Government review of design and engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

Develop engineering assessments of different configurations including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept and to customer standards, and for progress in accordance with schedules

Coordinate with the Project and/or Program Manager to ensure problem solution and user satisfaction and with the Lead Engineer on network architecture and design decisions

The Network Design Engineer makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major systems installations, prepares milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations on the system concept to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives

The Network Design Engineer will adhere to U.S. Army engineering processes during the development of all submissions; identify additional processes and documentation formats, as necessary submit site specific reports and drawings to Government for review and approval and adhere to the Government’s established process for reviewing, updating, approving, and disseminating Design and Engineering documents

This position requires technical knowledge, skills and experience and the ability to direct technical resources in the completion of assigned tasks to include but not limited to network design upgrades, development of configurations and cutover plans, staging and pre-configuration, execution of the cutover plans, and documentation and system testing

Preferred

Cisco CCNP and/or CCDP certification

Passive Optical Networking (PON)

Familiar with Juniper network equipment and network management

Cisco Prime

IT PIE

US Army network design standards

Cisco CCNP Certification

Cisco CCDP Certification

Juniper Network Equipment

Network Management

U.S. Army Network Design Standards

Company

Cybersecurity and training platforms for defense and national security

Mclean, Virginia, USA

http://www.bylight.com/

Founded in 2002

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

BA/BS in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of experience in a similar role

Cisco CCNA certification

This position requires technical knowledge, skills and experience and the ability to direct technical resources in the completion of assigned tasks to include but not limited to network design upgrades, development of configurations and cutover plans, staging and pre-configuration, execution of the cutover plans, and documentation and system testing

The Design and Engineering Site Lead must be experienced and familiar with the design and configuration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks including spanning tree, software defined networking, VLANs, Virtual Network Identifiers (VNI)s, VXLANS, VRFs, Hostnames, OEM equipment from CISCO

Strong communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively with team members of different abilities, backgrounds, and skillsets

Proven ability of delivering products on time or ahead of schedule

Active Secret Clearance or higher

Cisco CCNP and/or CCDP certification

Passive Optical Networking (PON)

Familiar with Juniper network equipment and network management

Cisco Prime

IT PIE

US Army network design standards

BA/BS in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of experience in a similar role.

Required skills

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Preferred skills

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Experience

10+ years