Network Engineer Principal
SAIC
- Reston, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree
- US Citizenship is required
- Ability to configure networking equipment such as routers, switches, and firewalls
- Experience with Routing and Switching: VLAN, Spanning Tree Protocol, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF
- Experience with Cloud Networking in AWS and Azure
- Experience with DNS and government security practices.
- Experience with Server Load Balancing (F5 Big-IP or cloud native)
- Data Center Network Architecture
- Expert understanding of networking technology (Switches; Routers; Firewalls; Load Balancers; Security Products (VPN; NAC; etc.). Experience with VPLS/MPLS is a plus.
- Ability to solve complex systems problems quickly with little technical guidance and develop automated corrective measures.
- Hands on experience with router, switch, and firewall configuration
- Understanding of IP based platforms and addressing, DHCP, DNS, Cisco products and technology, client/server computing (Aruba experience a plus)
- Familiarity with DoD Ports, Protocols, and Services (PPS), STIGs, and manual checklists
- Strong interpersonal and written/oral communications skills; capable of interfacing with all levels of management, project managers, development engineers, Helpdesk team, and other technical and administrative departments.
- Skilled in trending chronic problems, engaging in capability planning, analyzing security events, as well as preparing the corresponding documentation
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Quality of Service (QOS) deep-level architecture and troubleshooting
- Professional level vendor certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CISSP, and JNCIA, AWS Certified Advanced Networking are highly desired.
- Aptitude to program in an administrative language, as well as prepare, test, and deploy scripts aimed at improving efficiencies or correcting problems.
- Ability to design and deploy Zero-Trust Network Access solutions, Network Access Control solutions like Aruba ClearPass a plus.