Job ID: 200373
Location: WASHINGTON, DC, United States
Date Posted: Feb 11, 2020
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Network Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
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Description
The Department of State, Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) Telecommunications, Wireless, and Data (TWD) Division provides its users with mission critical domestic LAN/WAN data services across multiple locations in the DC Metro Area and remote locations.
In support of these services, the Data Operations Engineer works with a team of data O&M (Operations & Maintenance) engineers who support data LAN/WAN services, with a particular focus on small project engineering initiatives (Telecommunications Service Requests – TSRs) as well as day-to-day O&M of the network. Engineering support includes planned service interruptions, planned equipment installations, and infrastructure support for data services.
The Data OPS Engineer reports directly to the Domestic Telephone and Data Services Branch (DTD) team manager. The Data OPS engineer may be called upon to provide technical mentorship/guidance to some of the more junior members of the group of technical engineers.
The well-qualified candidate will possess and apply sound network engineering (LAN/WAN) principles. The candidate must be a self-starter, well versed in network engineering practices in: routing, switching, encryption, trouble-shooting, LAN/WAN protocols (Layer 2, VLANS, Layer 3, TCPIP, VLSM, BGP, OSPF, MacSec, DMVPN, IPSEC, etc.).
The candidate will be well versed in: circuits (TDM, IP Ethernet, MPLS), cloud computing environments, a complete understanding of the OSI model, traffic flows, network traffic analysis using tools which collect NetFlow data as well as packet capture tools (e.g. Wireshark), SNMP monitoring and configuration tools (Cisco Prime, NetMRI, HPNA - by way of example).
Description of Daily Duties:
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
Bachelors and 8 years or more of related experience or 12 years of related experience with no degree to include:Desired Experience/Skills/Attributes:
Clearance Requirement:
Interim Secret required to start with eligibility to obtain TS or TS/SCI.Desired Qualifications
Overview
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