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Job description: are you looking for a new and exciting career opportunity? join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented minds within our enterprise technology and innovation teamsAs a salient crgt employee, you get to be part of a best performing team supporting our nation’s most critical missionsAt salient crgt, we recognize that financial rewards and great benefits are importantThat is why we offer competitive compensation and a diverse benefits packageClick here to learn more about our extensive benefits program.
Why salient crgt? we’re passionate about the inspirational missions of our customers and we entrust our employees and teams to deliver exceptional performance to enable the safety, security, health and well-being of our nationWe provide the tools and resources to help you be successful, and our culture fosters an environment in which idea sharing and collaboration is essentialAre you ready to make a difference?
Work experience/skills requirements:
5+ years’ experience in a large enterprise environment involving network architecture and management
Experience with cisco router and switch administration
Understanding of capacity management/planning techniques and processes
An in-depth knowledge/understanding of carrier circuits to include, but not limited to t1, ds3, oc3, and ethernet transport services.
Multi-address family bgp, ospf, eigrp knowledge is a must
Ability to interact with executive level veterans administrative staff
Desire to learn new technologies such as cloud, 100g metro-e, and sd-wan.
Ability to work across multiple projects; provide written/verbal status updates on each project on a regular basis to the team lead, program manager and customer
Knowledge and understanding of network management and application analysis tools is required (netscout, solarwinds) and (opnet preferred)
Duties performed:
Make architecture recommendations to support the growing needs of the va
Test the recommendations for enterprise compatibility in the state of the art network design lab
Use existing network management tools to provide capacity management/utilization reports
Provide on-call escalation support in the event that an issue arises that cannot be rectified by the network operations team
Write white papers on new technology uses in the va and how it will help support the mission of the va
Required qualifications:
Education / experience: bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline with 5 years relevant experience is required8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.
Pws specified certifications: this position requires privileged system accessThe applicant shall have six months to obtain an industry standard certification.
Miscellaneous: duties may require traveling, being on call periodically, and occasionally working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends)
Background investigation: must be able to pass a government tier 4 high background investigation
Desired qualifications:
Education / experience: 5+ years’ experience in a large enterprise environment involving network architecture and management
Strong understanding of networking
Strong understanding of cisco cli (ios/xe/nx-os)
Certifications: ccnp capable or higher preferred
Salient crgt is an equal opportunity employerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other factor prohibited by applicable anti-discrimination laws.
