DoD Skillbridge Intern - (Network Engineer) (Active Duty Service Members) at Scientific Research Corporation in US-MD-Patuxent River

Job description

• The Network Engineer Skillbridge Intern is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. They will provide engineering support for project solutions, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The Network Engineer will define processes to support the implementation of requirements and will be responsible for ensuring that the technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. The Network Engineer should be able to define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. The Network Engineer will be required to work independently with little supervision and should be flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.

Responsibilities

• Performing as the primary network SME for the program
• Performing tactical level network design, implementation, and testing; to include compute, storage and virtualization
• Analyzing and optimizing network performance, latency, and throughput
• Designing and implementing scalable, secure network architectures
• Routing protocols & BGP
• Policy-based routing & traffic shaping
• IPSec tunneling & NAT
• Firewalls, load balancing, and WAN optimization
• Configuring/performing actions on active and passive intrusion detection systems and layer 1, 2, and 3 switches
• Demonstrating proficiency with demilitarized zones, honeypots and managed and unmanaged switches
• Executing router embedded virtualization
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-driven solutions
• Designing, implementing, and managing firewalls, VPNs, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and network access control (NAC) solutions
• Providing all facets of Network engineering expertise to support current and future requirements within requisite Enterprise and Tactical Networks
• Planning network layouts and configure systems to user environments
• Analyzing network topologies for traffic and capacity requirements
• Supporting the acquisition of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed
• Defining, maintaining, and upgrading the overall security posture of the networks
• Performing network installation and engineering tasks, configuring and maintaining communications systems
• Writing and editing “build-to” and “as-built” documentation, as well as implementation and test plans for physical and logical installs of IT equipment
• Providing expert level analysis of voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting to users (Tier I, II, and III)

Requirements

• 5-8 years of hands-on experience with network development, implementation, design, defense, and administration
• Experience in these areas may be concurrent, but at least three of those years must be at the enterprise level
• Minimum certifications are Security+, Network+ and CCNA or CCNP
• Experience is not limited to, but must include configuring layer 1 through 4 switches, routing virtual machines and service traffic and intrusion detection systems (active and passive), expansion modules, and Cisco series switches
• Must be highly motivated self-starters with the ability for independent action initiative within established guidelines with excellent communication skills
• Experience implementing DISA Network STIGs in support of achieving and maintaining an ATO
• Demonstrate In-depth knowledge of networking hardware (CPU’s wiring, Routers) and network analysis tools
• Experience with Layer 3 switch configuration
• Tactical Data Link experience highly preferred, ideally JRE, MIDS, JREAP-C, or other Link-16 network capability
• Experience with COP Tools such as GCCS or ICS
• Previous experience providing network engineering support for classified networks, satellite networks
• Type 1 encryption experience

Skills

Required

• Configuring layer 1 through 4 switches
• Expansion modules
• Cisco series switches
• DISA Network STIGs
• Network analysis tools
• Security+
• Network+
• CCNA or CCNP

Preferred

• Layer 3 switch configuration
• COP Tools such as GCCS or ICS
• Satellite networks
• Type 1 encryption