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JCS Solutions LLC · 2 months ago

Network Architect SME

Fort Belvoir, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

JCS Solutions is a premier technology firm providing innovative solutions and high-quality services in defense, national security, and civilian sectors. They are seeking a Network Engineer/Architect SME to support large-scale migration and operations on a high-profile DOD contract, focusing on designing secure network solutions and optimizing network performance.

Information TechnologyManagement ConsultingSoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Plan and design secure network solutions to consolidate connectivity services under an enterprise service

Design secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and COI transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements

Provide secure access solutions leveraging wired and wireless technologies, integrating standards, use cases/scenarios, and develop associated implementation and transition plans

Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall design of solutions

Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards

Identify legacy service paths (i.e. dataflow, firewall rulesets, and ACLs) and develop strategies and designs for the to-be enterprise service capability to meet requirements while balancing security, sustainability, and maintainability

Support development of IP addressing schemes across IPv4 and IPv6 networks

Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with providing accreditation artifacts

Qualification

Network ArchitectureSD-WAN SolutionsCloud NetworkingNetwork SecurityDoD Security ComplianceNetwork TroubleshootingIPv4/IPv6 NetworkingCisco TechnologiesTechnical DocumentationAutomation ToolsTeam CollaborationCommunication SkillsTechnical Leadership

Required

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (preferred) with 12-15 years' experience or Master's degree with 10-13 years of experience (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree)

Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNP (comparable vendor certification accepted upon review) with CCIE preferred

Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start

Must have broad exposure to common IT infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, Dual stack IPv4/IPv6, IPSec, VPN, and Firewall Micro-segmentation

Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet

Experience with SD-WAN solutions, with Dell Versa preferred

Some experience working with Azure and AWS cloud networking

Experience working with AAA servers, such as Cisco ISE or Aruba Clearpass, and endpoint posturing

Experience working with Enterprise Wireless

Familiarity with Type 1 encryptors

Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, PowerPoint, Gliffy, Cameo) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of I/T applications and infrastructure

Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues

Experience conducting site surveys or analyzing data obtained from site surveys

Experience creating or executing a migration plan to move circuits, network traffic, services, applications, or data between environments or to a commercial cloud provider

Alternatively, experience planning or executing a technology refresh or lifecycle refresh of an existing I/T system

Demonstrate experience in designing and implementing medium to large network infrastructure and producing corresponding technical documentation

Must be able to work as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This shall include drafting SOPs and technical documentation as well as communication with senior program and customer leadership

Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals

Preferred

Some experience working with automation tools, such as Ansible, Python scripting, CI/CD pipeline, Terraform to build an Infrastructure as Code framework

Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as SolarWinds, Cisco Catalyst Center, Ansible, Cisco ISE, JIRA/Confluence

Hands on experience with WAN, LAN, Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, EVPN, SDWAN, telecommunications and circuits

Familiarity with Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC)

Demonstrated expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically enterprise networks

Expert knowledge of DoD security requirements for network infrastructure

Demonstrated experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation

Reporting and Business Applications: Power BI, SharePoint

Experience providing technical leadership and oversight of teams of junior, intermediate, and senior Engineers