Network Engineer

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Job Summary:

JCS Solutions has a need for a Network Engineer to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations. This position offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a high-performing team responsible for supporting a high-velocity collaborative environment, along with tremendous growth potential. If you are interested in a challenge and a great working environment, apply today!

What’s in it for you:

• Join a premier technology firm specializing in innovative solutions.
• Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work culture.
• Enjoy tremendous growth potential in a high-performing team environment.
• A robust benefits package:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-and-long term disability
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • 401k retirement plan with employer match
  • Annual Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • And more!

What you will do:
The specific duties include but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Support Tier I–III network operations engineering personnel to ensure network troubleshooting efforts are affectively build ti. 
• Oversee real-time monitoring of global enterprise networks using DoD-approved tools (e.g., SolarWinds, NetOps, Splunk, ACAS). 
• Develop and enforce operational procedures, incident response workflows, and escalation protocols. 
• Interface with mission partners, DISA, Joint Forces, and Combatant Commands on network status, issues, and operational impacts. 
• Ensure all network changes follow configuration management (CM) and DoD Change Advisory Board (CAB) procedures. 
• Prepare and deliver operational briefs, after-action reports (AARs), and executive summaries to senior leadership. 
• Develop and coordinate the network operations team that  
• 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. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must.

What you will bring:

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Must be a US Citizen
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (preferred) with 4-8 years' experience. (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree). 
• Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNA (comparable vender certification accepted upon review). 
• Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II
• Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, PowerPoint, Gliffy, Cameo, MagicDraw) 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. 
• Must have broad exposure to common I/T infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing(L2/L3), and Firewalls. 
• Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vender network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet. 
• 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. 
• Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership (internally or client) regarding matters of significant important to the organization/project. 
• Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals. 
• Experience meeting service level goals and targets.
• Strong communication skills and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

How you will wow us:

• Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent. 
• Demonstrate experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as SolarWinds, MECM, Core Light, BMC Helix ITSM (Remedy), JIRA, etc.  
• Hands-on experience with WAN, LAN, SPPNs, DECCs, compute, storage, capability delivery platforms, telecommunications and circuits 
• Demonstrate expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically enterprise networks. 
• Knowledge of DoD security requirements for network infrastructure. 
• Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation. 
• Reporting and Business Applications: Power BI, SharePoint, SQL 

JCS Solutions LLC (JCS) is a premier technology firm specializing in enterprise-wide capabilities including cloud and infrastructure solutions, cyber security, digital modernization, next generation technologies enablement, software solutions, and mission support services dedicated to providing the highest quality of services and solutions. JCS delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies.

We are a learning organization that promotes a work culture of collaboration, inclusiveness, inspiration and innovation.

JCS has been certified as a Great Place to Work four years in a row and was awarded as Washington Post’s Top Places to Work for 2024 .

Our employees embody our core values, and we are looking for others who do too!

• Customer Experience: Strive for excellence and delight our clients
• Innovation: Embrace creative thinking to enable continual growth and powerful solutions
• Accountability: Take ownership of and pride in our actions and service delivery
• Inspire: Be inspired to be your best self and have fun in the process
• Integrity: Do the right thing, the right way, every time!
• Stewardship: Careful management of something entrusted to us.