Rapid Response Sr. Network Engineer

Competitive Range partners with the government to plan and deploy complex, IT-enabled, and mission-essential capabilities. Our goal is to help you develop and expand your professional capabilities while working on challenging, exciting projects in a collaborative, congenial environment. 

Competitive Range Solutions requires the expertise of a talented and experienced Rapid Response Sr. Network Engineer Management to assist in the direction and management of the program’s executive support group. The candidate must reference their ability and experience working in a Department of Defense (DoD) customer environment and effective integration with a government multi-contractor team. 

Rapid Response Sr. Network Engineer has a pivotal role within the IT Operation team, focusing on ensuring the enterprise transport network's integrity, security, and efficiency. This role involves extensive collaboration with defense and government entities to ensure network assets are properly baselined, configured, and managed in the DoD standards, specifically adhering to the DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG). 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the baseline configuration of all network assets – including hardware, software, and documentation is thoroughly documented, configured according to DoD engineering standards, and accurately represented in the Government-provided system.
  
• Develop and maintain the CMDB to support IT management practices such as Asset, Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Capacity, Operations, Project, and Security Management, ensuring compliance with MOAs/MOUs/SLAs. 
  
• Track warranty and licensing details for all hardware and software products across their lifecycle. 
  
• Ensure seamless integration of the configuration management system and database with systems for other services/agencies, providing necessary access to designated personnel. 
  
• Produce and submit monthly asset and configuration management reports detailing all changes to hardware and software baselines, including change status and funding details. 
  

Qualifications/Experience:

• 3+ years of primary role operating, troubleshooting, and installing network routers and switches.
  
• 3+ years of primary role designing and architecting routed and switched networks.
  
• 3+ years DoD environment
  
• Outstanding mathematics and IT abilities
  
• Configuring and installing various network devices and services
  
• Monitoring network performance and resource utilization, trending, capacity planning
  
• Use of current and emergent network design principles and protocols
  
• Experience with network virtualization technologies.
  
• Experience with multi-tenant network architectures.
  
• Familiarity with a wide variety of network routing and switching equipment devices from multiple vendors.
  
• Scripting languages and coding for network threshold events
  
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
  

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information system, Engineering, or equivalent.
  
• Master's degree preferred.
  
• At least one nationally recognized certification for senior network administrations/engineers/architects tied to the proposed solution's routers and switches.
  
• Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level III in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M http://iase.disa.mil/iawip/Pag... IAT Level III certification must be obtained within 120 days after the Pop.