Network Engineer

Summary

Join BayNova's IT Infrastructure Team as a Network Engineer supporting a federal government customer. This hybrid role is primarily remote, with occasional on-site work (1-3 days/week) in Alexandria, VA. You will perform maintenance and upgrades of networks, ensuring network integrity and compliance. Responsibilities include planning and configuring data communication networks, supporting hardware/software design, and troubleshooting network issues. The role requires extensive experience with various networking technologies (Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, AWS/Azure) and operating systems (Windows/Linux). On-call rotation and occasional nights/weekend work are required.

Requirements

• Experience with administering mid to large size enterprise networks to include routing and switching technologies, i.e. EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, STP, VSS, vPC, MLAG, Ethernet, and associated monitoring systems
• Experience with Cisco ISE, RADIUS, TACACS+, and PKI along with the wired and wireless configurations required to implement them
• Experience with Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, and/or Palo Alto Networks firewalls supporting Remote Access VPN, Site-to-Site VPN, perimeter and internal firewalling
• Ability to analyze, test, troubleshoot, and resolve problems as well as identify deficiencies and solutions to improve a variety of environments and serve as a point of escalation for other teams
• Working knowledge of PKI, 802.1X, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, and VPN
• Administrator level experience on Windows and/or Linux Operating Systems
• Amazon Web Services and/or Microsoft Azure networking experience, i.e., Transit Gateway, VPC, NACLs
• Ability to work onsite at the customer's location in Alexandria, VA; Work-from-home available on a case-by-case basis
• 24x7 On-call rotation for afterhours support
• Nights and/or weekends troubleshooting, performing maintenance and any other special circumstances
• Self-starting individual with the ability to work independently on issues with minimal supervision
• Detail-oriented technical and strong analytical skills
• Exceptional customer service and follow up skills

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and networks
• Maintains network integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies and maintains system backup and recovery capability
• Creates plans and configures systems for data communication networks
• Supports the design and build of hardware and software components for computer or telecommunications networks

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Cisco CCNA or CCNP or equivalent
• FMC (Firepower Management Center) experience
• Experience with Cisco Datacenter products (Nexus, UCS)
• Cisco Wireless Networks
• Software Defined Networking Technologies (SD-WAN, SASE)
• Palo Alto Networks experience