Senior Network Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

Strategic Business Systems is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This is part of a team that ensures the customer's ability to provide mission critical intelligence and successful use of its information technology (IT) networks worldwide.

This role is onsite in Charlottesville, VA.

Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI (willing to sit for CI Poly)

Required Certifications:

• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II/8140 Computing Environment (CE) Certification as determined by the Program Manager is required prior to support on contract
• IAT II 8570/8140 Baseline Certification Security+ or equivalent
• Required Computing Environment Certification: minimum of CCNA to start and CCNP within 180 days of your start date. Of course if you have CCNP is preferred to have individual that has this on day one

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of experience or Master’s Degree with 10 years of experience

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides installation and operational support of voice and data communications hardware and software systems.
• Designs, develops, implements, tests, debugs, and maintains communications systems.
• Performs configuration of operating system and security patches for host and distributed systems, and implements incident response procedures during incidents of a network or host security breach.
• Reviews customer requirements and makes recommendations for changes to existing technical architecture.
• Complies with prescribed customer, industry and agency standards.
• Responsible for Installation, configuration, and support of an organization’s local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), Agency Internet Network (AIN), Intranet and Internet and other data communications systems or a segment of a network system maintains network hardware and software AND monitors network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability
• May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures; and will provide leadership/mentorship to junior & mid level network engineers.
• Oversees network control center; provides support to projects that involve networks.
• Performs a full range of complex network designs encompassing multiple technologies within a single network; evaluates new network technologies and makes recommendations to project managers regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network.
• Plans new configurations for integration into the network, using knowledge of the performance characteristics of the systems being added to the network and the specifications for network interfaces to insure effective integration and optimal network performance.
• Ensures that adequate and appropriate planning is provided for hardware and communications facilities to develop and implement methodologies for analysis, installation and support of voice communications systems; and provides support in the translation of business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders.
• The overarching INFOSEC and COMSEC security requirements for the Agency network add to the complexity of these positions.

Required Skillset:

• Mitigate risks, controls costs and schedule variance, and effectively manages large scale, integrated projects

• Review and/or approve Network engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet Network needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating Network integration activities among multiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format, and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository

Additional:

• Candidates must be willing and able to attain a CI Polygraph for certain positions as determined by the contract
• Position may require lifting of objects (i.e. IT Hardware), reaching/bending/kneeling (i.e. plug in cables) and other moderately strenuous activity
• Travel may be required to support the mission

About SBS:

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is a National Information Technology Services company headquartered in the Washington D.C. Metro area. SBS provides IT infrastructure design, integration, and operation services. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of infrastructure technologies, including the latest network, server, data storage, disaster recovery, security, and Internet technologies.

Security Requirements:

The candidate selected for hire must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance, per client security requirements. Applicants who do not meet the security clearance requirement will not be contacted for this position.

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send your resume to [email protected] .