Urgent Hybrid Opening for Network Engineer - Washington DC - Local candidates in MD DC VA Only

The Network Engineer role is to develop and maintain the highlevel design & lowlevel design plan for the overall logical and technical network architecture. This individual will provide technical solutions and consulting across the organization from strategic decision making down to the project planning level. The Network Engineer will gain organizational commitment for all network infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategy & Planning:
1. Design and implement short and longterm strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
2. Develop implement and maintain policies procedures and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
3. Develop and deploy methodologies for testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
4. Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of network development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and network flexibility.
5. Develop document make recommendations and communicate plans for investing in network technologies including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
6. Participate in the development of network strategies in collaboration with the executive team.
7. Conduct research and make recommendations on products services protocols and standards in support of all network procurement and development efforts.
8. Ensure network services have sufficient capacity stability and agility to satisfy service level agreements with business units.
9. Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration network mapping processes and service records.

Acquisition & Deployment:
1. Plan acquire and coordinate installation of inhouse and remote network devices and appliances across the organizations network.
2. Conduct research and make recommendations on network products services protocols and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
3. Design company LANs WANs VMs virtual networks and wireless networks including servers routers hubs switches UPSs and other devices.
4. Oversee new and existing equipment hardware and software upgrades.
5. Interact with vendors outsourcers and contractors to secure network products and services.
6. Recommend improvements and/or alternatives to the companys existing systems architecture and technology portfolio.
7. Review new and existing network design projects and procurement or outsourcing plans for compliance with standards and architectural plans.

Operational Management:
1. Establish and maintain regular written and inperson communications with the organizations executives decisionmakers stakeholders department heads and end users regarding pertinent network activities.
2. Conduct feasibility studies for various upgrade projects improvements and other conversions.
3. Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
4. Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
5. Oversee installation configuration maintenance and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware software and peripheral devices.
6. Ensure network connectivity of all servers workstations telephony equipment fax machines and other network appliances.
7. Manage servers including database email print and backup servers and their associated operating systems and software.
8. Practice network asset management including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.
9. Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
10. Participate in managing all network security solutions.

Education:
1. Bachelors or Masters degree in IT or Computer Science
2. The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (15 years) and
3. Cisco Certification in specialized areas is required.

Qualifications:
1. 10 years experience managing developing and delivering strategic network architectural design and operational excellence.
2. 10 years experience designing enterprisewide LANs WANs WLANs VPNs VMs virtual networks etc.
3. Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards
4. Experience designing and implementing Routers Switches Firewalls Security Software
5. Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills
6. Strong knowledge of scaled systems ability to identify problem areas uphold network quality and drive design
7. Expert on of WAN LAN and WiFi technology
8. Strong knowledge of IT security requirements and experience working with information security
9. Experience with Lean IT concepts
10. Experience with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
11. Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts traffic flow and data processing concepts.
12. Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
13. Extensive experience with developing strategic plans.
14. Exceptional analytical conceptual and problemsolving abilities.
15. Exceptional understanding of the organizations goals and objectives.
16. Proven experience with network capacity planning network security principles and general network management best practices.

Technical Skills:
1. Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills.
2. Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills.
3. Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for the purpose of creating needs assessments budgets and so on.
4. Highly selfmotivated and directed.
5. Keep attention to detail.
6. Proven analytical and problemsolving abilities.
7. Experience working in a teamoriented collaborative environment.
8. Strong interpersonal and consultative skills.
9. Ability to exercise independent judgment and act on it.
10. Experience working in a teamoriented collaborative environment.

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount of experience candidate have in years

Experience managing developing and delivering strategic network architectural design and operational excellence

Required 10 Years

Experience designing enterprisewide LANs WANs WLANs VPNs VMs virtual networks etc.

Required 10 Years

Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards

Required

Experience designing and implementing Routers Switches Firewalls Security Software

Required

Strong knowledge of scaled systems ability to identify problem areas uphold network quality and drive design

Required

Expert on WAN LAN and WiFi technology

Required

Strong knowledge of IT security requirements and experience working with info secruity

Required

Experience with Lean IT concepts

Required

Experience with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Required

Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts traffic flow and data processing concepts

Required

Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Required

Extensive experience with developing strategic plans.

Required

Proven experience with network capacity planning network security principles and general network management best practices.

Required