Sr. Network Infrastructure Architect

Description of Work: • DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; NAC; load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; NTP; AWS (Preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud, WAN, LAN, IPv6, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet Skills; EIGRP, BGP4, RIP, VPLS, MPLS; Active Cisco CCIE certification. • Research, design and implement security solutions for network infrastructure. • Engineer network solutions for new & existing systems. • Provide day-to-day network engineering and operations support. • Provide tactical and strategic input on overall network planning and related projects • Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. • Challenge with working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions. • Work with highly experienced technical resources. • All other duties as assigned or directed. • Attending customer lab environment to work with new technologies and applications. Basic Qualifications: Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed. • 10 years of experience with designing, configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network switching and routing protocols in a large enterprise network (7000+ nodes). • 8 years of experience with configuring and managing switches, routers, Load Balancers, firewalls • 8 years of experience with Network Monitoring/IPAM (i.e., SolarWinds, NetFlow) • 8 years of physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signaling analyzer, packet capture and analysis • 8 years of experience and knowledge of Cisco IOS and Cisco Nexus Operating systems • 8 years of experience with WAN Optimization using Riverbed and trace tools like Wireshark • 5 years of experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python or Perl • 5 years of experience with Gigamon • Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification, IPv6 and PRIME experience • Experience with Dynatrace • Solid understanding of internetworking: security, routing, switching, SAN and application networking • Experience with Microsoft Server and Linux Administration • Expertise in the Linux command-line environment. • High availability, failover and redundant configurations • Network deployment and operations automation (Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning) • Experience with virtualization solutions (i.e., VMWare). • Experience documenting network information including of all switching and routing equipment, connected IP-addressable devices and cabling interconnects. • Provide technical competence for auditing the existing environment by creating relevant documentation where it does not exist. • Plan, research, evaluate, design and develop network systems by applying engineering, hardware and software design theories and principles to develop a compatible system infrastructure in line with organization strategies. • Interface with customer IT leadership and internal teams to develop network, systems, and security solutions. • Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing. • Experience in using MS Visio, Project. • Strong cloud networking & design experience preferably with Hyperscalers like AWS, Azure and google • Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance. Preferred Qualifications: Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration. • Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification • Knowledge, skills and abilities creating and managing automation scripts to manage Network as a Service (Software Defined Networking (SDN), Load Balancers, firewalls, etc. • Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation for network performance management. • Prior Federal government experience. • Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment. • Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities. • Knowledge of relational databases and ability to construct and debug SQL queries.