Senior Network Engineer (ADV00022P)

ERC is a servant-leader oriented company with approximately 2,000 employees and multiple contracts across the US.  We believe that our culture has a direct influence on the job satisfaction of our employees and is reflected in the outstanding quality of service received by our customers. 

Your role:

• The Senior Network Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Redstone Arsenal location on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract.

What you’ll do all day:

• Serve as a project expert and provides technical contribution to facilitate project completion in order to satisfy contractual requirements according to high-level architectural designs.
• Review documentation to ensuring engineering quality, and maintain responsibility for projects and tasks assigned to the team.
• Communicate activity status through multiple venues, and provide quantitative project reports to the project managers and Delivery Team Lead.
• Have primary duties that include the design, configuration, installation, and test of IT network and boundary protection devices and systems at MDA remote site locations.
• Secondary duties to include Network Design support for the IT Services Team; developing and providing detailed designs with supporting implementation, test, and transition plans.
• Will also be responsible for ushering proposed system changes through the Configuration Management process to successful implementation for transition to the O&M RBA teams.
• Recommended expertise to include Cisco, Palo Alto, and KG-175 Taclane.
• Be responsible for conducting site surveys, installing and configuring network and boundary protection solutions; acting as program liaison; and assisting in data collection and validation efforts at each location.
• Provide specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture.
• Provide specific detailed information for hardware and software selection, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
• Design and plan network communications systems.
• Conduct testing of network design.
• Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
• Evaluate and report on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
• Position may require up to 75% travel in support of MDA remote site integration activities

You will love this job if you:

• Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 10 years of general experience; Associate’s degree and 8 years of general experience; Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of general experience; Master’s degree and 4 years of general experience.

• Must have 6 years of directly related experience
• Must have network technical experience with a solid understanding of Cisco internal and external routing protocols
• Must have local and long-haul data transmission mediums experience (RS-530, T1, OC-x, etc.)
• Must have experience w/multicast technologies
• Must have, or obtain within 90 days, a current DoD Approved 8570 IAT Level II certification
• Must have or be able to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• Have Cisco certification such as CCNA or CCNP
• Have knowledge of architecture frameworks (i.e. DoDAF, TOGAF, etc.)
• Have experience in requirements development and management

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• Continuing education assistance.
• Professional development allotment.
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages.
• 401K with employer matching.
• Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule