Network Engineer

LTC Solutions, LLC is a small company with a huge commitment to supporting our employees and providing quality services to our government customers. Our employees have an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for excellence, and a proactive approach to providing the best possible solutions to our customers. If you are committed to building excellent customer relationships, providing consistent superior-quality work, and taking initiative to understand your customers’ needs, we would like to meet you!

LTC offers a dynamic team setting and generous benefits (including Health/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance, 401K, and PTO).  

LTC is currently seeking a highly organized Network Engineer to join our MCIA team supporting a growing Marine Corps Strategic Management Decision Support Program in Quantico, VA.

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer who will be responsible for maintaining and upgrading system network hardware and software on our customers enterprise scale big data analytics platform.

The network engineer will work with a team of professions with skills in system security, data science, database administration and visualization to enable our customers to analyze large amounts of different kinds of data and surface patterns and insights that are relevant to accomplishing national security goals.

This position requires an active DoD TS/SCI clearance

General Responsibilities:

• • • Operations and Maintenance Tier I-III Support for IT Infrastructure across multiple networks and security domains
    • Security/Information Assurance response to potential Vulnerabilities related to IAVAs and OPDIRs
    • Brief leadership on the health of systems, individual and/or enterprise
    • Update/Create documentation as needed (user guides, admin guides, knowledge base articles, FAQs, quick reference guides)
    • Set-up, configuration, and support of internal and external networks
    • Identifying and analyzing systems requirements
    • Developing and maintaining system applications, security, and maintaining network configurations
    • Create and implement router and switch configurations
    • Troubleshooting network performance issues
    • Providing user support and guidance
    • Setting up IP schemas for multi-tenant environments
    • Configuring physical and virtual switching, routing, and firewall protocols, ports, and services
    • Developing and maintaining disaster recovery plans
    • Manage network communications testing, installation, and support, including LAN/MAN/WAN system
    • Create and implement router and switch configurations
    • Provide recommendations to enhance and improve network performance
    • Interface with vendors to address problem escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance
    • Provide quality assurance review and evaluation of new and existing networking products
    • Plans and coordinates major computer network initiatives
    • Researches, evaluates, and recommends new computer network equipment and technologies
    • Utilizes monitoring, performance analysis, network management, software and hardware equipment to troubleshoot and isolate problems, gauge network performance, and trace data and protocol activity
    • Devises solutions to complex operational problems within the capacity and operational limitations of installed equipment
    • Develops and executes contingency plans for network software and hardware failures including isolated and major outages
    • Other duties as required

Mandatory Skills Requirements:

• • • Must patch and implement security controls in response to IAVAs and OPDIRs on respective network systems
    • Meet DoD 8570 requirements, must have and maintain, at a minimum, active Security CE and associate level or higher Network certification
    • Must have Cloud experience – AWS Preferred
    • Strong TCP/IP foundation
    • BGP, QoS, and Multicast
    • SNMPv3 and network monitoring software
    • Working knowledge of network standards/protocols/security, hardware, and application virtualization
    • Working knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management
    • Juniper Operating System (JUNOS) and/or CISCO IOS
    • Working knowledge of the Windows and/or Linux Operating systems to include Server and Workstation environments
    • Respond to, incidents, change requests, and service requests making sure to follow up with the customer to ensure completion
    • Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
    • Ability to work well independently and in a collaborative team environment
    • Hands-on experience with network equipment including hubs, routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, servers, transmission media, and related hardware
    • Hands-on experience with network systems design, development, testing, installation, operations, management, and maintenance concepts and methods

Other Skills Preferred:

• • • Knowledge of standard DoD and Marine Corps concepts, practices, and procedures.  Familiarity with Navy/Marine Corps interoperability requirements is preferred
    • Support to tactical SATCOM programs
    • Familiarity with Load Balancers (hardware and software)
    • Network Security Appliances to include Type1 encryption devices
    • Video Teleconference (VTC), Desktop VTC, and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) integration and management
    • WAN technologies, protocols, and optimizers
    • Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server, Linux OS, Networks, MS Exchange, MS Lync, MS SQL Server, SCCM, SCOM, Service Manager, Networked Printers/Services, Distributed File Services, Data Protection Manager, MS SharePoint, PowerShell, JavaScript
    • Working knowledge of DoD STIGs related to the applicable technologies and how to implement, mitigate, and write POAM statements

Working Environment and Physical Requirements:  This position largely operates in a professional office environment. Persons applying for this position must have the ability to sit for extended periods of time. Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

LTC Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status