Network Engineer Level 3Ft. Meade, MDUS Citizen$150K-$185KPerforms network services from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks.Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents. Performs general LAN/CAN/WAN administration.Schedules conversions and cutovers.Coordinates with all responsible users and sites to resolve network or system incidents.Translates business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders.Performs engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives in support of strategic modernization efforts and telecommunications enhancement design for medium andlarge-scale telecommunication infrastructures.Assists telecommunications end users, telecommunications operations personnel, and telecommunications strategic program management with network interfaces.The Level 3 Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information.Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and networkperformance monitoring tools.Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture.Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance fornumerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirementsImplement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing,VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security(IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) whereappropriate.Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations.Oversee the support to all network equipment.Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partnerrequirements.Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers.