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Systems Network Engineer

The role involves designing, implementing, and troubleshooting a wide range of network components and systems to support the Department of State. Key duties include monitoring network performance, providing technical guidance to IT teams, and executing contingency plans for hardware failures.

District of Columbia, United StatesonsiteFULL_TIME

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About the role

What will you do at SAIC?

We are seeking a skilled LAN/WAN Network Engineer to support the Department of

State (DoS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) program. This program delivers

transparent, interconnected systems and robust security to enable the DoS to

fulfill its U.S. foreign policy mission. DT provides comprehensive enterprise

architecture design, engineering, operations, and maintenance support for

desktops, servers, networks, firewalls, and enterprise applications across the

Department.

Key Responsibilities

  • * Evaluate, design, document, install, implement, test, and troubleshoot a wide
  • range of network components and systems.
  • * Monitor, tune, and maintain network performance; set standards and ensure
  • compliance across network infrastructure.
  • * Provide client consulting and training on network systems, architectures, and
  • best practices.
  • * Plan, research, evaluate, and recommend new network and storage technologies.
  • * Utilize monitoring and performance analysis tools to identify, isolate, and
  • resolve network issues.
  • * Develop solutions to operational challenges within the constraints of
  • existing equipment and infrastructure.
  • * Create and execute contingency plans for network hardware failures, including
  • both isolated incidents and major outages.
  • * Offer internal consulting, technical guidance, and support to application
  • developers, IT operations, workstation support teams, management, and
  • departmental clients.
  • SAIC® [http://www.saic.com/] is a premier mission integrator focused on
  • advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world.
  • Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and
  • civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise
  • IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging
  • technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that
  • modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
  • We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and
  • inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered
  • in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For
  • more information, visit saic.com [http://www.saic.com/]. For ongoing news,
  • please visit our newsroom [http://www.saic.com/who-we-are/newsroom/].

Which skills does this role require?

LAN/WAN EngineeringCisco NexusCisco CatalystDoD Network StandardsNIPRNETSIPRNETRoot Cause AnalysisFiber Optic CablingNetwork MonitoringRisk MitigationNetwork DesignTroubleshootingSTIGsHP OpenViewSTORMAWSNeuralStarITILNetwork+CCNACCNPBICSITop Secret ClearanceTS/SCILAN/WANNetwork EngineeringDepartment of StateEnterprise ArchitectureFiber OpticCopper CableRisk IdentificationQuality Assurance

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