Wireless Network Engineer

Description

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Title: Wireless Network Engineer  

Location: Boulder, CO 

Terms: Full-Time 

Clearance: Qualified candidates must be US citizens and able to obtain a minimum of Public Trust Clearance 

Description 
In this position the ideal candidate will be tasked with managing and supporting NOAA N-WAVE's IT infrastructure systems. This will include supporting: a heterogeneous mix of Linux, Windows, and MacOS systems, network and server infrastructure, as well as remote connectivity to NOAA and N-WAVE services. Expectations include strong network engineering skills, maintaining computer networks such as mainframes, VPNs, routers and other physical hardware. 

Responsibilities 

• Devise, plan, deploy, and improve wireless networks from the beginning to implementation by collaborating with vendors, managers, and network engineers. 
• Support all aspects of accrediting and certifying systems as tasked to DOC/NOAA security standards and guidelines along with guidance and assistance in the continuous monitoring of these systems 
• Understand client requirements to be able to cater to their appropriate needs. 
• Manage firewalls, such as Palo Alto, Juniper or Cisco ASA. 
• Use tools to evaluate to test and tweak wireless products, such as routers, switches, hubs, bridges, virtual private networks (VPNs), and network amplifiers, among others. 

• Design and validate the performance, quality, and reliability of the RF link. 
• Design and implement WLANs and other wireless networks. 
• Have knowledge of routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP). 
• Make use of enterprise monitoring tools (SolarWinds and Splunk). 
• Make sure that all equipment, including servers and the other network products, are well-connected. 

• Work with security team to evaluate threats, troubleshoot issues, and comply with appropriate security configuration standards of their organizations. 
• Design and deploy changes to the configurations of clients as per the applicable change management process. 
• Provide support and input for configuration management processes 
• Provide technical analysis of highly specialized applications and operational environment, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, and implementation advice on complex problems concerning NWAVE’s mission. 
• Perform engineering studies and market/cost analysis to identify and propose technology solutions 

Requirements 

• Minimum Education: BS/BA degree (Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent)  
• Minimum Experience: 6 years’ experience in related field 

Desired Qualifications 

• Prior federal experience working at NOAA 

• Must have in-depth knowledge of and skill in administering current CISCO Infrastructure components and associated network devices 
• Experience dealing with Cisco VPN management, RSA or Entrust background, and Aruba or Cisco wireless networks 
• Solid understanding of and skill in applying TCP/IP and associated networking protocols such as SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS, etc. 
• Experience managing and maintaining core routing and switching infrastructure protocols (MPLS, BGP, Private Virtual Routing and Forwarding, Optical Transport (DC Metro), Trusted Internet Connections, Cloud Transport, Layer 2 and 3 Metro Area and Wide Area Networking) 
• Solid understanding of and skill in applying storage management, virtual machine and container management (Hyper-VMware, Kubernetes, etc.) 

• Experience with RedHat, AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud administration 

• Red Hat package management for science research 
• macOS package management for science research (Mac Ports) 

• Experience with IT architecture and design (on-prem and cloud) 

Desired Certifications  

ACMA/ACSA 

CCNA or CCNP 

AWS Certified Advance Networking 

Salary Range: $130k Annually

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