Network Engineer - Military veterans preferred

OVERVIEW:

VAE, Inc. is a full service IT Infrastructure Solutions Company focused on building, securing and supporting our clients’ mission critical enterprises. We provide a distinctive array of design, integration and implementation services as well as fully managed service offerings. VAE is at the forefront of leveraging multi-tenant capable technologies and shared IT services to create secure, reliable and cost-effective end-to-end services and solutions. We deliver exceptional infrastructure solutions with extremely talented employees using a client-focused partnering approach.

VAE is looking for a Network Engineer to work on the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) – Increment 1 (INC1)
program. The Army’s Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS (GENM-O) is a critical mission
provider responsible for keeping the Army connected through global network modernization projects. A
successful candidate should have proven ability to lead, problem solve and deliver superior results as part of a
high performing team in a fast-paced environment. On this program, you will have the opportunity to build
advanced network security systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities in support of this complex program.
Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct the development of major deliverables
throughout all aspects of solution development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and
design, coding, unit testing, and operations network services

• Design, plan and build network systems using the newest technologies and methods
• Conduct hardware and software analyses for use in designs
• Develop designs, engineering implementation plans, migration plans, diagrams and associated documentation
• Directs tasks of team members, reviews work packages developed by team members for quality control and consistency with design requirements
• Analyzes survey and discovery data to support the preparation of designs and migration activities
• Analyze network firewalls / VPNs and additional security tools and support the development of migration plans to move tenants to the new AGUN enterprise environment.
• Configures systems and hardware for deployment and implementation activities
• Provides guidance and oversight to assigned team members
• Support occasional evening and nighttime service outage windows as well as troubleshooting efforts in the event there is an outage caused by project network changes.
• Assist with support and operations where necessary.
• Execute changes to an active production network using approved methodologies.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned and evaluate new technologies as directed

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 6 years of related experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active Security clearance preferred at hire, but will be required for program onboarding
• 8570 Compliance
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with BGP, MPLS, in-depth protocol analysis with tcpdump
• Hands-on experience with complex architectures and enterprise information systems to include Enterprise level network (WAN) engineering experience in: Routing, Design, Configuration, Traffic Shaping with Policy based routing or Route-maps troubleshooting and support of mid to large sized network environments.
• Experience working with and managing OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, BGP Policy based routing, Quality of Service (QoS), IGMP Multicasting, VPNs, ACLs, MPLS, IP, NAT.
• Experience working with LAN technologies to include VLANs, VRFs, Port-channels and VPCs.
• Working knowledge of OEM platforms (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Arista and Aruba)
• Advanced networking certifications preferred (e.g. CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, JNCIA/JNCIS/JCNIP)
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to have a holistic view of service network development and deployment architecture.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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