Network Engineer

About

Concept Solutions is seeking a Network Engineer (50-75% Travel) to join our IT Infrastructure Support team. The Network Engineer will administer, operate, and maintain the network, performing infrastructure upgrades and improving both wired and wireless networks. Their primary responsibility will be configuring switches for hardware upgrades and traveling to facilities across the US to perform switch replacements and lifecycle management. This position is onsite.

Location: Onsite | Travel: Up to 50-75% within the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Perform infrastructure upgrades and improve the wired and wireless networks.
• Configure switches prior to shipment to sites; travel to sites and perform switch upgrades.
• Provide reporting details on project status to project coordinators and managers.
• Administer, operate, and maintain the enterprise network.
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization.
• Perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Plan and perform network engineering research, design development, and other assignments in conformance with network design, engineering and customer specifications.
• Up to 50-75% travel to support sites within the US.
• This position is onsite.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years in both wired and wireless Cisco network experience in large Enterprise campus environment with multi-layer routing protocols.
• Knowledge and experience configuring and troubleshooting current CISCO switches, including those with Catalyst and Nexus IOS.
• Layer 3 Experience
  • Routing protocols including, OSPF, BGP (Multi-homing, Load balancing traffic and engineering for automatic failover, Load balancing), EIGRP, RIP, HSRP,WCCP
  • Multicast
  • Flow analysis experience preferred
  • MPLS experience preferred
• Strong troubleshooting skills including
  • Layer 1 (copper cabling troubles / fiber signal strength)
  • Layer 2 (spanning tree, VLAN tagging, mac address tracing)
  • Layer 3 (routing troubles, EGP versus IGP redistribution, BGP attribute studying, prefix length issues)
  • Layers 4 thru 7
• Adherence to Best Practices and robust Work Ethic.
• Experience tracking and resolving incidents via ticket queue.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Ability to adhere to maintenance windows and change control procedures.
• Self-motivated to take ownership of projects.
• Ability to multi-task between multiple networks and multiple customer requirements.

Skills Preferred

• Experience traveling to multiple sites.
• Experience working with a large organization (>35,000 customers).
• Experience collaborating with peer and client teams.
• Experience working remotely and onsite.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
• Experience using a Helpdesk system - ServiceNow is a plus.
• Experience with MS Project and Visio.

Work Location and Schedule

• Primary Location: Atlantic City, NJ
• Schedule: Monday through Friday, core hours 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM local time
• Telework may be permitted when determined to be in the best interest of the Government
• U.S. Citizenship required
• FAA Personnel Suitability clearance required (AMS 3.14-2)

Compensation

$90K to $102K

Benefits

Concept Solutions offers a competitive benefits and salary package you would receive from a large company. We offer health, dental, vision and life insurance, as well as a comprehensive 401(k) plan with matching and immediate vesting.