Job Description

Description

SAIC is looking for a Secret cleared Senior Network Engineer with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintain the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery. The individual will work a schedule of 7AM – 3PM, 5 days per week to include weekends and a rotating on call requirement. 

Work will be performed at the Navy customer’s site in Suffolk, VA.

Position is contingent on funding in May/June 2025.

Specific duties include: 

• Provide Tier 3 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 4 support as required.
  
• Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance.
  
• Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
  
• Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations
  
• Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions.
  
• Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
  
• Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures.
  
• Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment.
  
• Enact change management for the solution.
  
• Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
  
• Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment.
  
• Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities. 
  
• Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling. 
  
• Conducts testing of network systems. 
  
• Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.

Qualifications

Required Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and five (5) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure.  
  • 4 years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Security Clearance:

• Secret Clearance required. 

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture; and troubleshooting routing issues.
  
• Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels.
  
• Strong working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices.
  
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting.
  
• Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube

Required Certifications:

• IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP

Working Environment and Travel: 

• Able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment.
• Able to cover on-call schedule on a rotating basis.
• Travel up to 25% may be required.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.


Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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