Communication Network Engineer (TS/SCI w/ Polygraph)

COMSO, Inc. is a powerhouse when it comes to empowering federal government stakeholders to fulfill their mission with confidence and efficiency. Our staff brings knowledgeable IT systems expertise, software development proficiency, innovative learning solutions for workforce development, and exceptional operations and production support. We were founded in 1988, and remain a recognized woman owned small business, operating in several states including Maryland, Georgia, Hawaii, Texas, and Alaska. We are honored to be recognized as a Top Workplace for six years running by the Baltimore Sun Media Group.

Currently, we are seeking a Communication Network Engineer to join our Team!

** Must have active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph before consideration **

Description:

• Monitors, analyzes, troubleshoots, and/or evaluates hardware, software and other network related problems
• Provide technical expertise for performance and/or configuration of the enclave networks and systems.
• Performs general LAN/CAN/WAN administration, including switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers. Familiarity with Cisco IOS, F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto hardware and software a plus.
• Schedules, coordinates and executes firmware upgrades and hardware migrations.
• Coordinates with all responsible users and external orgs to resolve network or system incidents.
• Familiarity with the AWS cloud environment, in particular EC2 and VPC
• Familiarity with configuring DNS BIND
• Familiarity with running common commands in Linux OS.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation, particularly Ansible, is a plus.

Required skills:

• Assist customers with resolving problems to include performance and configuration
• Provide support in the translation of business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders
• Provide in-depth engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives for government agencies
• Provide interface support to telecommunications end users, telecommunications operations personnel, and telecommunications strategic program management
• Provides telecommunications enhancement design for medium and large-scale telecommunication infrastructures.

Desired skills:

• Experience with AWS EC2 Auto Scaling
• Experience with AWS-cli and boto3
• Experience with Puppet and Ansible
• May be required to respond to after-hours requests as required in a 24 x 7 environment.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree with seven (6) years experience; an Associate's Degree with ten (7) years of experience may be substituted for the Master's Degree. No degree with 13 years of experience implementing information technology solutions is acceptable. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, traffic management and cloud computing experience are desired.
• DoD 8570 Compliance with IAT level 1 is required (SEC+ce or A+ or Network+)

Clearance Requirements

• TS/SCI w/ POLYGRAPH REQUIRED BEFORE CONSIDERATION

Benefits :

• 100% company-paid Medical deductible w/ low premiums, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short-term & Long-term Disability
• 401K: 6% dollar-for-dollar match (vested immediately)
• Parental Leave (same amount of time for mother & father)
• Paid Time Off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Birthday Holiday
• 2-week fully paid Sabbatical every 5 years
• Emergency Facility Closure Days.

COMSO, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.