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Mindlance

Network Engineer

Mindlance, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


Position Summary:

Title:

Network EngineerDuration:

6 Months - Long TermLocation:

Washington, DC 20005

Hybrid Onsite: 2/3 Days onsite per week from Day1.

Overall Purpose of positionThe purpose of this position is to build and administer all information technology related network infrastructure in a group which manages all data center, network, data, voice and telephony infrastructure. Provides support on these systems, and responds to outages within established SLAs.The level IV position requires expert knowledge in specialized network technologies.Must be contactable on mobile phone.Will support monthly Saturday maintenance and off-hours software deployments when a timed network change is required.

The position's essential duties include the following:1. Build new infrastructure (Data Center, wireless and wired network, data, load balancing, voice, telephony, wiring and UPS) including design, planning, risk assessment, implementation, and documentation. Follow procedures, change management best practices, and ensure availability and maintenance of disaster recovery stance. Projects will include those driven by Systems Operations, and those driven by other IT, and business groups - 50%.2. Maintain network and systems by managing product and capabilities roadmaps, establishing maintenance procedures, and with Systems Administrators and other engineers to perform regular maintenance, work with Security team to ensure network compliance - 20%.3. Perform Infrastructure Monitoring (setting up and monitoring alerts, events, notifications and reports on network, environment), and working with Systems Administrators to guide proactive monitoring - 20%.4. Respond to tier 2 service desk tickets, production outages to SLA and procedure - 10%.

Education:Bachelor's Degree

Type of Experience Years of Experience

Routing and Switching 8 yearsIP Telephony 5+ yearsFirewall Maintenance 5+ yearsLoad balancers 4+ yearsLinux or Windows OS 3+ yearsMS networking 3+ yearsStorage 3+ yearsVirtualized environments 3+ yearsNetwork and System Monitoring 3 + yearsScripting 3+ years

NOTE: In addition, please list any desired experience.

Wireless Network technology, especially Cisco, and especially where management controllers are deployed.Cisco phone systems.Cisco UCS.Network Security.Implementing QoS initiatives to support video and voice communications.Implementing and supporting BGP.Firewall administration and configuration with sophisticated understanding of ports, protocols, and routing and switching in a firewalled, wide-area network.Client.Microsoft Active Directory - experience with design, migrations, use of elements like group policies.Understanding of communications/telecommunications circuits.Building and maintaining networks to meet compliance with NIST, FISMA and other certifications, standards, and guidance."Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."