Job Description
Description
SAIC has an immediate need for a Principle Network Engineer to support the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The NICS contract provides high quality integrated communications services for secure voice, video and data solutions and services to NASA customers worldwide. This role includes design, engineering, installation, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and documentation of center network architectures in a multi-vendor, multi-protocol environment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Engineer projects and identify new solutions for network architecture within the LAN service line
- Act as lead engineer for ground-up design and deployment of new services based on internal and external requirements
- Design plans as well as lead initiatives for the optimization and restructuring of network architecture
- Provide solutions to complex problems
- Troubleshoot network systems to identify and resolve performance issues
- Document root causes and resolutions for incidents
- Communicate with customers and management on designs as well as incident response
- Perform packet capture and analysis to baseline network performance and/or troubleshoot performance issues
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
- BS Degree in related field with 10 years of related experience or High School Diploma and 12 years of related experience
- Knowledge of and experience using Cisco Nexus switches (2K/5K/7K/9K) in NXOS and Cisco Catalyst switches including the 3K, 6K, and 9K series
- Knowledge of and experience using Cisco wireless technologies
- Candidate must have extensive experience with Cisco campus networks
Skills:
- The Principal Network Engineer must have a wide range of understanding of Switches, Routers, Servers, Cables, Racks, Firewalls, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, Latency, VoIP, QoS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, Cisco VSS, Stackwise Virtual, Wireless LANs, VPN, VLANS, SNMP, VRFs
- The candidate must have a concrete working knowledge of network infrastructure design, routed data protocols, switches data and hardware platforms
- Excellent oral and written skills and be able to present technical information in formal presentations to both internal and external customers
- Able to adhere to NIST standards
- Ability to lift and rack network equipment in cabinets
- Knowledge of data center and network closet environments including physical structure that houses network equipment, equipment grounding, electrical power for network equipment and HVAC
- Knowledge of Operating Systems such as Windows, Cisco Systems, UNIX, Linux
- Understanding of fiber and copper cable plant
Clearance:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain Secret Clearance.
Certifications / Training:
- Certification requirement: CCNP
Travel (if any):
Overview
SAIC is a premier technology integrator solving our nation's most complex modernization and readiness challenges. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes high-end solutions in engineering, IT, and mission solutions. Using our expertise in existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions.
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