Senior Network Engineer

Company: Ashburnconsulting
Location: Rockville
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized —and highly regarded—within the network and security communities.

Job Description Senior Network Engineer will provide professional network engineering services including discovery, design, integration planning, deployment and troubleshooting of the client’s enterprise network. This individual will be working with a team to support operations and ensure the services to the enterprise network are not impacted. The individual will need to communicate solutions to leadership and be able to explain the pros and cons of a given solution from a technical and business aspect. The individual must be able to work under pressure and be able to prioritize demand, based on outage impact or project impact to the client. This is a hands-on engineering position that will support all critical areas on the enterprise network include the MPLS L3PN backbone, data centers, Internet edge and DMZs, Cloud connectivity, etc.

Qualifications A minimum of 8+ years of experience in the IT Network Engineer Field.

A strong understanding of data communications required. Experience with MPLS and DWDM required.

Proficient with Cisco routers and switching including: IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS

Strong knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF).

Experience with Cisco & Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 load-balancers, SolarWinds, VPN and Cloud connectivity preferred.

Strong communication skills, and the ability to communicate difficult concepts and the associated security challenges and provide solutions to mitigate them.

Must have Visio experience and ability to discover and document As-built network diagrams.

Additional Information Must be able to pass a background clearance investigation

Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate difficult concepts, associated challenges and provide solutions to mitigate them.

Minimum 4 year college degree in related field, or related experience

Consulting experience is preferred

Must be able to pass a background clearance investigation.

Must have a U.S. Citizenship.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status

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