Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer

Overview of Opportunity

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer who will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and implementing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. They will define processes to support the implementation of requirements and ensure that technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing for security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership.

The role will define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and design solutions to meet those needs, including capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software.

Work will be hybrid, based out of our Laurel, Maryland office.

• Manage and direct internal IT systems and personnel
• Lead efforts to ensure that complex systems are ready for use and quick reaction requests are met as needed
• Participate in the development and implementation of the network infrastructure in field offices, including physical and logical design of network and telecom infrastructure, analyzing existing network platforms and systems, and recommending solutions
• Provide technical input in the design, installation, maintenance, and support of network infrastructure
• Support tight-looped development and integration production cycles
• Support a large virtualized environment in a Linux environment
• Support an Elasticsearch cluster
• Process and testing automation
• Continuously learn, particularly with respect to cybersecurity principles
• Collaboration and communication across teams and projects

• Experience with Linux system administration
• 5+ years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices
• Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (BGP, IP)
• 5+ years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco switches (focus on Nexus)
• 5+ years of experience in Networking, Security, Design implementation, and Operational support
• Experience designing and implementing routers, switches, firewalls, and security software
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, routing and VLANs
• Experience configuring/maintaining non-Cisco hardware firewall devices such as VyOS
• Experience with network monitoring technologies
• Experience with virtualization environments such as Prox Mox and/or VMware
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
• Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
• Complex problem management research and issue resolution
• Ability to mentor junior network engineers
• Reviewing and identifying security vulnerabilities and applying remediation
• Command of scripting languages such as Python and Bash
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Docker
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance

• Experience with classified lab networks and requirements (SCIF or SAPF)
• Experience with LDAP/Kerberos authentication protocols
• Understanding of modern software languages and command line interface
• Experience with Elasticsearch node setup, configuration and troubleshooting
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Security best practices and implementing firewalls and perimeter security measures including VPN technologies
• Continuous integration, test automation and/or Sec Dev Ops  on iterative development projects

Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance.

Two Six Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information review the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affold Policy.

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Additionally, please be advised that this business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices.