Network Engineer

H2 Performance Consulting is subject to the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act as a Federal Contractor and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strives to build a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. Additionally, as mandated under Executive order 12989, H2 is required to verify employment eligibility of selected candidates through the Department of Labor’s - E-Verify.

H2 Performance Consulting (H2) is seeking a Network Engineer to support our government client.

The Network Engineer responsibilities will include:

• Research and design complex network solutions to provide creative network solutions.
• Provide Tier 3 support in the troubleshooting of complex network and routing issues and, if needed, perform analysis to identify root cause of any performance issues and take appropriate corrective action to resolve issues.
• Perform security hardening and work with IA/C&A teams to conduct security scans/audits.
• Work with deployment and sustainment teams to ensure feasibility of deployment and operation of network designs.
• Work with senior leadership to communicate network designs and solutions clearly and effectively.
• Evaluate, design, and test new cloud-based systems and solutions sets.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:  BA/BS or MA/MS Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics and two (2) years direct experience in the field; or a minimum of 3 years direct experience in the field
• Experience: 6 years of experience working with WAN technologies such as BGP, MPLS, or LISP is required
• 4 years of experience with LAN technologies such as QoS, OSPF, or Spanning Tree
• 3 years of experience with encryption transport protocols such as IPSec, GetVPN, or DMVPN
• 4 years of experience in the documentation and diagramming of complex network environments is required.
• 2 years of experience in the evaluation network equipment against a set of requirements
• Experience in the DoD STIG security requirements is desired.
• Experience with Ixia Breakingpoint appliance for performance testing is desired.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work cooperatively in a multi-functional team environment (team player) is a must.

Desired Qualifications:

• A strong sense of urgency including self-governance on task priority.
• Eagerness to learn with a quality, detailed focus is essential.
• Ability to collaborate with awareness and responsiveness to customer needs.
• Commitment to continuous development and improvement.
• 8570.01m compliance (IAT level II) is required and must be obtained prior to start date.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Travel as required.

Qualified candidates may submit their resume to the career section of our company website at http://www.h2pc.com.   All resumes will be reviewed within 5 business days and those candidates we wish to further in the application process will be contacted via email/phone to schedule initial phone screens.