Company Overview

Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.

Established in 2008, IDS has over 11years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We’re a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid CloudInfrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.

IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.

Job Summary

We are seeking a TS/SCI cleared Senior Network Engineer for a contract with an Intelligence Community agency in Springfield, VA. This is a new, 10 year contract.

Responsibilities and Duties

The Senior Network Engineer will support the customer's Data Center network, application delivery, and network security environments to include operations and maintenance (O&M), system integration/deployment and solution development/design. Provide tier III SME level support within the incident management process. Work independently with project stakeholders, system owners, project managers, and technical staff to deploy or enhance IT solutions.

Specific duties will include:

• Coordinate with project staff for solution development and deployment while managing project aspects within applicable technical area of responsibility.
• Collaborate with system engineers across teams and disciplines to ensure solutions meet established technical goals and are deployed within established timelines.
• Evaluates new network technologies and makes recommendations to stakeholders regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network.
• Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, and support of LAN and WAN networks
• Diagnose hardware and software problems and replace defective components.
• Support operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Ensure systems are integrated with existing performance and availability management framework.
• Schedule and coordinate systems changes within the established change management framework.
• Evaluate new system hardware and software to ensure optimal integration with existing hardware and compliance with customer standards.
• Prepare technical proposals for presentation to the engineering review boards for adding new technologies to the network.
• Perform a full range of upgrades in accordance with existing network architecture.
• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance and provide advice and guidance on the most practical technical approach to meeting user requirements.
• Perform long term O&M activities to include tier 3 troubleshooting and problem resolution.
• Interface with external tier 4 support staff and vendor support as required for problem resolution.
• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and correct problems in the network while maintaining logs and records associated with reported problems or situations.
• Prepare troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOP) for use by technical support staff.
• Provide fault management for the network and supports performance management functions.

Network Engineer candidate must have experience with the following:

• Experience with Cisco ACI solution (Application Centric Infrastructure)
• SME level understanding and experience with dynamic routing protocols to include OSPF and BGP.
• SME level understanding of data center switching technologies.
• Familiarity with EVPN, VXLAN, Cisco vPC and RSTP is a plus.
• Experience with both Cisco and Juniper hardware and operating systems.
• Understanding and experience analyzing TCP/UDP application flow using external network analyzers along with built-in network switch/router diagnostic tools.
• Experience with MS Visio and documenting network architectures and application flows.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI
• BA/BS Degree and 8+ years of networking experience

Benefits and Perks

• Compensation
• Industry competitive salary well above market average
• 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
• Referral bonuses up to $5,000
  
• 100% company-paid benefits
• Gold PPO Medical plan for employee + family
• Vision and Dental plan for employee + family
• Short Term Disability for employee
• Long Term Disability for employee
• Life Insurance for employee
  
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
• 10+ Company Holidays per year
• 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedule

• Career Growth
• Company sponsored training and certifications
• No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
• Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
  
• Culture
• High speed, low drag environment - exceptional client service with minimal internal bureaucracy
• Regular quarterly company sponsored events and meet ups
• Annual company holiday party

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