Network Engineer Principle - Military veterans preferred

Job Summary



The Network Engineer Principle oversees the complex installation, analysis, evaluation, and support of network communications including LAN/WAN, Load Balancing and VOIP systems.



Principal Accountabilities
Conducts analysis and planning on company-wide communications services to support strategic planning and procurement.
Supports the Corporate Network Operations Center (NOC) in establishing bandwidth monitoring and system management.
Ensures solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, and reusability.
Supports the corporate operations in the provisioning, implementation, and monitoring, troubleshooting of Network communications.
Provides oversight of communications projects, including development of timetables, budgets, and status reports working with project management team.
Monitors LAN and WAN to ensure they are operating according to contractual service level agreements.
Manages communication systems to ensure they support corporate network architecture and operations.
May consult with business unit contract operations and program management staff.
Prepares detailed documentation of network systems including drawings, IP addressing plans, troubleshooting trees and training documents.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills
CISCO IOS network software.
Cisco NXOS network software.
Professional Certifications and industry certifications.
Ability to remain current on CISCO platforms.
Demonstrate independent problem solving skills.
Demonstrate good written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external customers, including various country Governments.
Ability to uphold integrity and confidentiality with access to all information on the Company network.
Skilled in creating Visio drawings and diagrams of new and existing network infrastructure.
Desired F5 LTM and GTM deployment and management experience.

Experience & Education
Bachelors degree in information systems, computer science, or related field; one (1) year of experience in related field can be substituted for each year of the four (4) years of college.
Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching Certification strongly preferred.
Preferred CCDP or CCNP Datacenter.
Six (6) years of experience in network engineering.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment
Generally works in normal office environment, but may be required to travel domestically and internationally on short notice, to austere environments, under harsh living conditions.

Travel
Ability to travel domestically and internationally.