Sr. Network Engineer; Pacific Region

Senior Network Engineer for the Pacific Region

The Senior Network Engineer for the Pacific Region is key personnel supporting the DoD medical mission by addressing highly complex infrastructure requirements for DHA networked facilities within the Pacific Region. This role serves as the regional point of contact for network issues, configuration management, communications interconnection, addressing, multi-protocol routing, and network management.

* This position is contingent upon contract award.*

• Identify and resolve complex LAN/WLAN/WAN issues; research network-level problems using management tools; provide high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting of communication equipment for DHA networked facilities in the Pacific Region; advise Government staff, agencies, and contractors on LAN/WLAN/WAN design, implementation, deployment, and management; lead Network Specialists and internal/external organizations to resolve issues; use tools such as Orion Solar Winds, ARMIS, and Ansible to diagnose and resolve issues across the OSI model;
  
  support MIB/MRTG-based performance measurement and downtime reduction; establish and configure firewalls, VPN devices, and IDSs; provide written recommendations, ticket documentation, written standards, and standards updates in coordination with the NetMOD Network Standards Team; study vendor products; establish LAN/WLAN/WAN procedures and standards in compliance with DoD, DHA, and DHA Pacific Regional Command objectives and policies; communicate request status to key customers;
  
  and support standardization, best practices, minimum access standards, and related projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  Bachelor's degree and 5 years of directly related experience; or certified Technical/Vocational School completion and 10 years of directly related progressive experience. Must have mastery-level experience in routed, switched, and shared LAN environments.
• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Engineering, technical degree, or related discipline; or certified Technical/Vocational School completion with required experience.
• Clearance Requirements: SECRET security level designation required.
• Certification Requirements:
  DoD 8570.01 compliance; IAM Level III or equivalent certification required; CCNP and CISSP required.
• Any other work-related qualifications needed for the role:
  Experience with DoD Health Care Information Systems required; expertise in Windows networks, Cisco Systems, and Orion Solar Winds required; experience with Zero Trust architectures and methodologies desired; mastery of TCP/IP, XDM, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, RSTP, VRRP, BIND, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, PPP, HDLC, V.35, RS-449, IEEE 802 standards, synchronous/asynchronous communications, Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, ATM, OTDR, cable testers, network sniffers, EIA/TIA standards, Microsoft OS, Windows Active Directory, UNIX, OpenVMS, routers, switches, terminal servers, and local/long-haul WAN connectivity.
  
  Must communicate effectively with Government officials, medical professionals, and highly specialized technical personnel.
• Travel may be required to work site.