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Description

  

TA3-31 DHS Senior Network Engineer – Data Center (San Jose, CA) 

Position Summary

Softek International, on behalf of the DHS Homeland Security Enterprise Network (HSEN) Engineering Support Services Contract, is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer (Data Center) to support ongoing WAN engineering and operations, to include on-site data center activities at the DHS data center facility based in San Jose, CA. This candidate should be able to support on-site data center support at the data center on an as-needed basis, to include cable management, racking, general inventory support, and consoling into devices for troubleshooting, etc. In addition, this candidate should be able to support a variety of network technologies to include, but not limited to, Cisco routing/switching, F5 GTM/LTM load-balancing, Palo Alto firewalls, SD-WAN. The ideal candidate will be able to support solution designs and implementations, technology refresh projects, cloud integration and migration projects, and tier 3 and 4 level incident management troubleshooting.

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Provide on-site data center      support at the DHS San Jose facility on an as-needed basis, to      include cable management, racking, consoling into devices for      troubleshooting, etc.
  • Develop WAN network solutions      to meet requirements, while complying with the DHS network architecture      and design standards.  

· Perform “as is” analyzes of existing network technologies, make recommendations of changes as needed to optimize performance and improve network performance.  

· Produce DHS systems engineering project artifacts such as requirements, design documents, diagrams, and other required documentation.  

  • Responsible for troubleshooting      network incidents, providing root cause analysis and documenting      information in ticketing system (ServiceNow) and knowledge repositories      (MS SharePoint).
  • Willing to work nights for      network Change Request (CR) implementations and be a part of the on-call      rotation for any network incidents that may be escalated from the Network      Operations Security Center (NOSC) for nights, weekends, and holidays. 
  • Establish effective working      relationships with industry vendors to ensure alignment of current and      future set requirements.

Minimum Qualifications / Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience      working in a data center environment. Must have demonstrated experience      working performing level one support (e.g., cabling, racking, consoling      into devices for troubleshooting, etc.)
  • At least 4 years of experience      with Cisco technologies to include (routing and switching) and firewall      technology (e.g., ISR, ASR, CSR, ASA, Nexus, TACACS/ISE)
  • Demonstrated experience using SD-WAN      technologies, specifically Cisco SD-WAN      powered by Vipleta.
  • Strong knowledge of routing      protocols (e.g., BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) and network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP,      GRE, IPSEC, and VRF)
  • 3+ years working in a WAN      environment, strong experience in incident and operations management.
  • Strong knowledge of IT security      topics to networks and applications with solutions to mitigate those issues.
  • Experience creating/writing      design documentation, diagrams and other project artifact deliverables.
  • Must be resourceful in learning      a very complex and dynamically changing network.
  • Must be able to work      independently in fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Must live in close proximity to      the San Jose, CA data center facility to support both planned and      unplanned activities.
  • Must be able to lift at least      50 pounds (i.e., support to data center physical devices)

Education

BA / BS (relevant field); relevant IT experience may be a substitute for education.

Certifications Required

N/A

Certifications Desired

Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE, 

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer / Administrator, F5

Software/Hardware Desired

N/A

DHS Senior Network Engineer – Data Center (San Jose, CA) 

Position Summary

Softek International, on behalf of the DHS Homeland Security Enterprise Network (HSEN) Engineering Support Services Contract, is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer (Data Center) to support ongoing WAN engineering and operations, to include on-site data center activities at the DHS facility based in San Jose, CA.  This candidate should be able to support a variety of network technologies to include, but not limited to, Cisco routing/switching, F5 GTM/LTM load-balancing, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco SD-WAN powered by Vipleta, as well as experience with Cisco Hyperflex or Nutanix. The ideal candidate will be able to support solution designs and implementations, technology refresh projects, cloud integration and migration projects, and tier 3 and 4 level incident management troubleshooting.

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Provide      on-site data center support at the DHS San Jose facility on an as-needed      basis, to include cable management, racking, consoling into devices      for troubleshooting, etc.
  • Develop      WAN network solutions to meet requirements, while complying with the DHS      network architecture and design standards.  
  • Perform      “as is” analyzes of existing network technologies, make recommendations of      changes as needed to optimize performance and improve network      performance.  
  • Produce      DHS systems engineering project artifacts such as requirements, design      documents, diagrams, and other required documentation.  
  • Responsible      for troubleshooting network incidents, providing root cause analysis and      documenting information in ticketing system (ServiceNow) and knowledge      repositories (MS SharePoint).
  • Willing      to work nights for network Change Request (CR) implementations and be a      part of the on-call rotation for any network incidents that may be      escalated from the Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) for nights,      weekends, and holidays. 
  • Establish      effective working relationships with industry vendors to ensure alignment      of current and future set requirements.

Minimum Qualifications / Requirements

  • At      least 3 years of experience working in a data center environment. Must      have demonstrated experience working performing level one support (e.g.,      cabling, racking, consoling into devices for troubleshooting, etc.)
  • At      least 4 years of experience with Cisco technologies to include (routing      and switching) and firewall technology (e.g., ISR, ASR, CSR, ASA, Nexus,      TACACS/ISE)
  • Demonstrated      experience using SD-WAN technologies, specifically Cisco SD-WAN powered by      Vipleta.
  • Strong      knowledge of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) and network      protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, GRE, IPSEC, and VRF)
  • 3+      years working in a WAN environment, strong experience in incident and      operations management.
  • Strong      knowledge of IT security topics to networks and applications with      solutions to mitigate those issues.
  • Experience      creating/writing design documentation, diagrams and other project artifact      deliverables.
  • Must      be resourceful in learning a very complex and dynamically changing      network.
  • Must      be able to work independently in fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Must      live in close proximity to the San Jose, CA data center facility to      support both planned and unplanned activities.
  • Must      be able to lift at least 50 pounds (i.e., support to data center physical      devices)

Education

BA / BS (relevant field); relevant IT experience may be a substitute for education.

Certifications Required

N/A

Certifications Desired

Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE, 

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer / Administrator, F5

Software/Hardware Desired

N/A

Justin M. Miller

DHS HSEN Program Manager, Federal Practice

Softek International Inc.

8(a) | HUBZone | WOSB | SDB

703-725-7481

202-480-0025 (DHS mobile)

Requirements

  

TA3-31 DHS Senior Network Engineer – Data Center (San Jose, CA) 

Position Summary

Softek International, on behalf of the DHS Homeland Security Enterprise Network (HSEN) Engineering Support Services Contract, is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer (Data Center) to support ongoing WAN engineering and operations, to include on-site data center activities at the DHS data center facility based in San Jose, CA. This candidate should be able to support on-site data center support at the data center on an as-needed basis, to include cable management, racking, general inventory support, and consoling into devices for troubleshooting, etc. In addition, this candidate should be able to support a variety of network technologies to include, but not limited to, Cisco routing/switching, F5 GTM/LTM load-balancing, Palo Alto firewalls, SD-WAN. The ideal candidate will be able to support solution designs and implementations, technology refresh projects, cloud integration and migration projects, and tier 3 and 4 level incident management troubleshooting.

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Provide on-site data center      support at the DHS San Jose facility on an as-needed basis, to      include cable management, racking, consoling into devices for      troubleshooting, etc.
  • Develop WAN network solutions      to meet requirements, while complying with the DHS network architecture      and design standards.  

· Perform “as is” analyzes of existing network technologies, make recommendations of changes as needed to optimize performance and improve network performance.  

· Produce DHS systems engineering project artifacts such as requirements, design documents, diagrams, and other required documentation.  

  • Responsible for troubleshooting      network incidents, providing root cause analysis and documenting      information in ticketing system (ServiceNow) and knowledge repositories      (MS SharePoint).
  • Willing to work nights for      network Change Request (CR) implementations and be a part of the on-call      rotation for any network incidents that may be escalated from the Network      Operations Security Center (NOSC) for nights, weekends, and holidays. 
  • Establish effective working      relationships with industry vendors to ensure alignment of current and      future set requirements.

Minimum Qualifications / Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience      working in a data center environment. Must have demonstrated experience      working performing level one support (e.g., cabling, racking, consoling      into devices for troubleshooting, etc.)
  • At least 4 years of experience      with Cisco technologies to include (routing and switching) and firewall      technology (e.g., ISR, ASR, CSR, ASA, Nexus, TACACS/ISE)
  • Demonstrated experience using SD-WAN      technologies, specifically Cisco SD-WAN      powered by Vipleta.
  • Strong knowledge of routing      protocols (e.g., BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) and network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP,      GRE, IPSEC, and VRF)
  • 3+ years working in a WAN      environment, strong experience in incident and operations management.
  • Strong knowledge of IT security      topics to networks and applications with solutions to mitigate those issues.
  • Experience creating/writing      design documentation, diagrams and other project artifact deliverables.
  • Must be resourceful in learning      a very complex and dynamically changing network.
  • Must be able to work      independently in fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Must live in close proximity to      the San Jose, CA data center facility to support both planned and      unplanned activities.
  • Must be able to lift at least      50 pounds (i.e., support to data center physical devices)

Education

BA / BS (relevant field); relevant IT experience may be a substitute for education.

Certifications Required

N/A

Certifications Desired

Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE, 

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer / Administrator, F5

Software/Hardware Desired

N/A

DHS Senior Network Engineer – Data Center (San Jose, CA) 

Position Summary

Softek International, on behalf of the DHS Homeland Security Enterprise Network (HSEN) Engineering Support Services Contract, is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer (Data Center) to support ongoing WAN engineering and operations, to include on-site data center activities at the DHS facility based in San Jose, CA.  This candidate should be able to support a variety of network technologies to include, but not limited to, Cisco routing/switching, F5 GTM/LTM load-balancing, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco SD-WAN powered by Vipleta, as well as experience with Cisco Hyperflex or Nutanix. The ideal candidate will be able to support solution designs and implementations, technology refresh projects, cloud integration and migration projects, and tier 3 and 4 level incident management troubleshooting.

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Provide      on-site data center support at the DHS San Jose facility on an as-needed      basis, to include cable management, racking, consoling into devices      for troubleshooting, etc.
  • Develop      WAN network solutions to meet requirements, while complying with the DHS      network architecture and design standards.  
  • Perform      “as is” analyzes of existing network technologies, make recommendations of      changes as needed to optimize performance and improve network      performance.  
  • Produce      DHS systems engineering project artifacts such as requirements, design      documents, diagrams, and other required documentation.  
  • Responsible      for troubleshooting network incidents, providing root cause analysis and      documenting information in ticketing system (ServiceNow) and knowledge      repositories (MS SharePoint).
  • Willing      to work nights for network Change Request (CR) implementations and be a      part of the on-call rotation for any network incidents that may be      escalated from the Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) for nights,      weekends, and holidays. 
  • Establish      effective working relationships with industry vendors to ensure alignment      of current and future set requirements.

Minimum Qualifications / Requirements

  • At      least 3 years of experience working in a data center environment. Must      have demonstrated experience working performing level one support (e.g.,      cabling, racking, consoling into devices for troubleshooting, etc.)
  • At      least 4 years of experience with Cisco technologies to include (routing      and switching) and firewall technology (e.g., ISR, ASR, CSR, ASA, Nexus,      TACACS/ISE)
  • Demonstrated      experience using SD-WAN technologies, specifically Cisco SD-WAN powered by      Vipleta.
  • Strong      knowledge of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) and network      protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, GRE, IPSEC, and VRF)
  • 3+      years working in a WAN environment, strong experience in incident and      operations management.
  • Strong      knowledge of IT security topics to networks and applications with      solutions to mitigate those issues.
  • Experience      creating/writing design documentation, diagrams and other project artifact      deliverables.
  • Must      be resourceful in learning a very complex and dynamically changing      network.
  • Must      be able to work independently in fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Must      live in close proximity to the San Jose, CA data center facility to      support both planned and unplanned activities.
  • Must      be able to lift at least 50 pounds (i.e., support to data center physical      devices)

Education

BA / BS (relevant field); relevant IT experience may be a substitute for education.

Certifications Required

N/A

Certifications Desired

Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE, 

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer / Administrator, F5

Software/Hardware Desired

N/A

Justin M. Miller

DHS HSEN Program Manager, Federal Practice

Softek International Inc.

8(a) | HUBZone | WOSB | SDB

703-725-7481

202-480-0025 (DHS mobile)

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