Work directly with the Engineering Program Manager and Chief Engineer in support of AGUN engineering activities across the full system development lifecycle
Lead a team of qualified network and network security engineers to facilitate and support the full system lifecycle development for the AGUN program with a focus on network engineering.
Conduct assessment, analysis, and solution development of a modern Software Defined Network including development of diagrams and architectural views.
Coordinate and execute requirement gathering and engineer solutions based upon best practices
Ensure compliance of the network design and implementation in accordance with US Army policies, DoD cybersecurity policies, and establish compliant I/T system integrations with legacy US Army systems
Maintain current knowledge of rapidly changing network technologies, champion new technology insertion, and provide innovative concepts to evolve current network management processes
Provide clear technical direction and critical design insight to engineering resources across multiple engineering disciplines including design, Infrastructure as Code development, testing, cybersecurity, and operations support
Analyze and understand secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements.
Support secure access solutions leveraging zero trust network access (ZTNA) including support for creation of new access policies and maintenance of existing policies.
Understand and support migration of legacy firewall policies, security zones, and access controls to the AGUN solution.
Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall operational support processes and staff.
Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years' experience or Master's degree with 15+ years of experience
Ten years of experience in the last 15 years as a Network Engineer in a production environment
Possess a current Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Juniper Networks Certified Expert Lab Exams (JNCIE), or equivalent OEM certification
Five years’ experience in the last seven years delivering a SDN project from concept to production operations
Subject Matter Expert in SD-WAN, MPLS, NGFW, ZTNA, and related network technologies
Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Versa, Dell, or AppGate
Possess a current IAT Level II Certification
Preferred: Possess a current IAT Level III Certification
Experience designing cloud-based solutions
Two years’ experience working with commercial internet service providers
Hands on experience with Cisco SD-WAN
Hands on experience with Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW)

Benefits

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

network engineeringsoftware defined networkInfrastructure as Codenetwork optimizationSD-WANMPLSNGFWZTNAcloud-based solutionsfirewall policies

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationtechnical directionproblem-solvingcollaboration

Certifications

Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)Juniper Networks Certified Expert Lab Exams (JNCIE)IAT Level II CertificationIAT Level III Certification