Network Engineer

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Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Huntsville, AL. We provide professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries, aiming to be the preeminent provider in this space. Our values are competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results.

Ignite is currently seeking a driven, detail‑oriented Network Engineer to join our team supporting The U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

• Enable end‑to‑end transport of information through telecommunications networks via routing, switching, varying transmission mediums, and other means.
• Design solutions for current corporate LAN/WAN systems considering availability, scalability, security and manageability.
• Provide network engineering support for mission‑critical networks.
• Maintain all documentation, red‑line schematics, manuals, data flows, PPP, SLA with third‑party providers, including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, test, and implementation plans.
• Provide recommendations to Operations on features to enable and how to use them.
• Manage, maintain, and monitor all networks within the USASAC enterprise mission.
• Provide Tier III support to Operations for LAN/WAN services.
• Respond to architecture and design level tickets associated with LAN/WAN.
• Provide project‑based engineering and ongoing enhancement support for WAN/IWAN, LAN, and WAN acceleration.
• Perform assessments of business processes and design artifacts provided by Operations or service support staff.
• Work with other departments on staging, configuration, implementation and support as applicable.
• Requires knowledge of Army Network Administration/Engineering.
• Experience with Cisco and Juniper switching: STP, RSTP, MST, LAN tuning/protection, VTP.
• Experience with WAN and VPN solutions, MPLS, DMVPN phases, IPsec, GRE, iWAN and performance routing.
• Experience with WAN acceleration, SSL.
• Experience with network hardware design, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning.
• Experience with Cisco WAN/LAN/VLAN technologies and MPLS tagging.
• Knowledge of ITIL Change & Configuration Management.
• Knowledge of multicast.
• Experience with NAC 802.1x.
• Experience in analysis of alternatives for new technologies.
• Familiar with DNS/DHCP, IPAM, load balancer (F5), WAN optimization, and SSL VPN authentication systems.
• Experience with enterprise network management tools such as HPNA, Solar Winds, ACAS, HBSS, Splunk, or similar.
• VoIP implementation support and current or former Cisco certifications.
• Exposure to other network monitoring systems and IT Service Management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Contribute to root cause analysis, incident and issue management, red‑line architecture, and modernization efforts.
• Perform capacity planning and provide recommendations for hardware and software purchases.
• Install and configure VPN solutions using Juniper technologies.
• Maintain, configure, and patch network and server hardware (physical and virtual, VMware) and migrate to a virtual environment.
• Knowledge of audio/visual technologies.
• Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure.

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in network engineering or related field.
• Active CompTIA Security+ certification.

Must have an active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.

• BS in Network Engineering or related field.
• 36 months of experience (equivalent).
• Certifications:
  
  CCNA, Security+ CE, and two additional CE certifications.

Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and hold an active Security Clearance and an active CompTIA Security+ certification.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology

Defense and Space Manufacturing