Network Engineer - Day Shift

Job Description

Description

SAIC is looking for a Network Engineer with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed US Navy  enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery. This position will work a schedule of 7AM – 3 PM, 5 days per week to include weekends and a rotating on call requirement. 

Work will be performed at the Navy customer’s site in Suffolk, VA.

Job is contingent on award of funding in April 2025.

 Specific duties include:

• Provide Tier 1 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 2/Tier 3 support as required.
• Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance.
• Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
• Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations.
• Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions.
• Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
• Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures.
• Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment.
• Enact change management for the solution.
• Operate and maintain existing incident management processes.
• Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment.
• Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities.
• Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling.
• Conducts testing of network systems.
• Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.

Qualifications

Required Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two (2) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure. 
  • 4 years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree. 

Required Security Clearance:

• Secret Clearance required.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture.
• Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues.
• Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices.
• Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting.
• Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube.

Required Certifications:

• IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP.

Working Environment:

• Able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment.
• Able to cover on-call schedule on a rotating basis.
• Travel up to 25% may be required.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.