Senior Network Systems Engineer

Fort Meade, MD, United States

Senior Network Systems Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

What You’ll Get to Do

CACI is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer to provide network operations and engineering sustainment support to a mission-critical IP messaging and communications transport network. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to the development and operations of the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements.

More About the Role

Network integration, testing, security engineering, and implementation configuration support.

Collaborate with network architects to define and/or continuously improve STIG-compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking.

Test and validate automation and best practice insertion opportunities.

Lead development of SOPs/TTPs.

Support Continuous Service Improvements (CSI).

Support system performance tuning and enhancements.

Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP).

Support tier escalation of incident management support tasks.

Active participation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem Management activities.

Participate in engineering meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering, providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production.

Perform highly technical maintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers.

Provide expert knowledge of network engineering and operations, large-scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, and test and evaluation activities. Perform highly technical maintenance involving network devices, routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications

BS degree and 8 to 12 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 6 to 10 years of prior relevant experience. (Additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a degree at the Hiring Manager's discretion).

Effective written and oral communication and problem-solving skills

Active DoD clearance at the Top-Secret level with SCI eligibility

Security+ Certification or other DOD 8570 IAT Lvl II Certification within a certain timeframe after starting, if not starting with one when hired.

Extensive knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, Network and Security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common security elements.

8+ years’ experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including extensive routing and switching experience such as one or more of the following: MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols, i.e., BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, switching protocols, i.e., Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies.

Strong understanding and in-depth knowledge of IP network/subnet addressing.Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports.

Experience developing and presenting technical information to senior customer management, customer stakeholders, and company management.

Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco enterprise network routing, switching, and firewall/security devices.

Ability to travel up to 10% OCONUS travel.

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have

Extensive SME-level knowledge of network engineering and operations, test and evaluation activities, as well as implementation and transition of Network Operations processes and concepts

Cisco CCNP Route/Switch and/or CCNP Security

Experience and practical understanding of enterprise WAN principles

Experience with change, configuration, and performance management NetOps concepts

IAT Level III Certification (i.e., CISSP or equivalent)

What We Can Offer You:

We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI takes pride in fostering a diverse and accessible culture where every individual feels supported to chart their own path. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here. (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/life-at-caci)

Pay Range : There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/employee-benefits) .

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$78,700 - $165,300

CACI 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 identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.