Network Engineer
Onsite: Tampa, Florida
Top Secret Security Clearance Required
Overview:
Kalani Consulting Inc recently awarded Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in The Nation for the second year in a row and Washington Post’s Top Workplaces of 2023 is looking to add more talent to our team! Kalani is a fast-growing small business located in Northern Virginia with an increasing base of government customers. We specialize in Information Technology, and Management Consulting. We offer very competitive salaries and benefits and are an employee-focused company. Join us and experience The Aloha Spirit!
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with network staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
- Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues
- Design and define network architecture for new or existing computer systems.
- Perform complex network development and design work.
- Participate in the upgrading of operating systems and design of network enhancements.
- Provide input for documentation on new or existing networks.
- Develop and conduct tests to ensure networks meet documented user requirements.
- Identify, analyze, and resolve network problems.
- Provide network/equipment/specialized training and technical guidance.
- Determine network specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility.
- Potentially guide and lead Jr. systems engineers.
- Comprehensive knowledge of network engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
- Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of related Network Engineering experience.
- Possess and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
- BA/BS degree– may substitute additional years of experience.
- Possess a completed CCNA certification.
- Must meet DOD 8750 requirements and be eligible for IAT level II access upon hire for positions with elevated privileges.
- Knowledge and experience with service provider routing and switching protocols (e.g. IS-IS, BGP, Service Provider bridging, MPLS).
- Knowledge and experience with enterprise routing and switching protocols (e.g. OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Spanning Tree Protocol, Port Aggregates, vPC etc.).
- Knowledge and experience with current Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and NX-OS software and hardware features.
- Ability to configure and troubleshoot Multicast (ASM, BiDir, Anycast).
- Ability to configure and troubleshoot DMVPN and GRE tunnels.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and multi-task while still ensuring high quality of work.
- Highly organized with strong ability to prioritize work and work autonomously.
- Results driven, highly efficient, and highly motivated
- The work is typically performed at client site locations, which requires proper safety precautions; work may require some physical effort in the handling of light materials, boxes or equipment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Completed Professional tier Juniper or Cisco Certification specialized in Enterprise or Service Provider routing and switching.
- Knowledge and experience with Juniper JUNOS software and hardware
- Knowledge of Automation technologies for networking (e.g. Python/Ansible)
- Knowledge and experience with service provider technologies (e.g. VPWS, VPLS, L3VPN, VXLAN)
- Knowledge and experience with data center networking (e.g. VXLAN, CLOS)
- Understanding of network virtualization concepts as it relates to the datacenter (e.g. presenting networks to hosts, edge trunks, interface mapping)
- Knowledge and experience with HAIPE-based encryption devices
- Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets.
Kalani Consulting, Inc.
is an equal opportunity employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
