Network Engineer

This position sits fully onsite in Oakton, VA
This position requires a TS/SCI

Apex Systems is seeking a Network Engineer to sit fulltime onsite in Oakton, VA to support a large telecom company. If interested please email

Responsibilities:

1. Perform network design and engineering support services for the Program IT architecture.
2. Solve complex Network issues.
3. Engineer, design, implement network solutions including LANs/WANs/Site-to-site, VPNs/Point-to-point/point to multipoint.
4. Serve as network systems engineer overseeing servers, storage and backup systems.
5. Troubleshoot port security issues, VLAN issues and network outages.
6. Control network management activities, data flows and firewall rules.
7. Build network topologies to deliver content from specific providers to users.
8. Answer technical questions; recommend and implement approved course of action.
9. Design, implement or maintain networks for LAN and WAN systems.
10. Provide engineering designs, and plans for installation, integration, testing, upgrade, analysis, and maintenance/expansion of the network environment.
11. Prepare network engineering documentation ranging from requirements, conceptual planning, research and development efforts, complete system construction, to customization of existing network configurations and assist in communicating current operational status of networks.
12. Assist in investigating, evaluating, and proposing new network systems and upgrades/modifications to existing resources that would increase capabilities, efficiency, reliability, and cost savings.
13. Assist in developing plans for integrating network systems to include implementation schedule, costing, and resource requirements.
14. Perform network engineering studies on communication paths for deployed systems.
15. Perform studies to determine requirements for bandwidth, data throughput, security, and reliability.
16. Maintain technical manuals and standard operating procedures.

Required Qualifications:

1. 7-10 years of experience with Installation, configuration, and maintenance of firewalls.
2. Current Networking certifications.
3. Firm understanding of the operation of network protocols and Firewall packet and proxy filters.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
2. Experience with multi-level security domains.
3. Experience with Installation, configuration, and maintenance of GDIT TACLANE and other crypto devices.
4. Experience with networks containing Radiant Mercury multi-level security appliances.

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