Network Engineer

SMS is seeking an Network Engineer in Fort Belvoir, VA to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations  

As a dynamic systems integrator, SMS offers proven solutions in engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. With expertise in modernizing and optimizing legacy infrastructure and systems, ensuring operational efficiency, and designing, implementing, and managing secure environments, SMS supports business and mission goals with proficiency, quality, and integrity.

SMS has been serving the advanced information technology needs of the federal government since 1976, delivering talented teams and innovative, cost-effective solutions and services to support our customers’ missions for more than 45 years. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. For additional information on SMS, visit www.sms.com.

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• Support Tier I–III network operations engineering personnel to ensure network troubleshooting efforts are affectively build ti. 
• Oversee real-time monitoring of global enterprise networks using DoD-approved tools (e.g., SolarWinds, NetOps, Splunk, ACAS). 
• Develop and enforce operational procedures, incident response workflows, and escalation protocols. 
• Interface with mission partners, DISA, Joint Forces, and Combatant Commands on network status, issues, and operational impacts. 
• Ensure all network changes follow configuration management (CM) and DoD Change Advisory Board (CAB) procedures. 
• Prepare and deliver operational briefs, after-action reports (AARs), and executive summaries to senior leadership. 
• Develop and coordinate the network operations team that  
• Plan and design secure network solutions to consolidate connectivity services under an enterprise service. 
• Design secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and COI transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements.   
• Provide secure access solutions leveraging wired and wireless technologies, integrating standards, use cases/scenarios, and develop associated implementation and transition plans.   
• Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall design of solutions. 
• Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards.   
• Identify legacy service paths (i.e. dataflow, firewall rulesets, and ACLs) and develop strategies and designs for the to-be enterprise service capability to meet requirements while balancing security, sustainability, and maintainability. 
• Support development of IP addressing schemes across IPv4 and IPv6 networks. 
• Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with providing accreditation artifacts. 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (preferred) with 4-8 years' experience. (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree). 
• Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNA (comparable vender certification accepted upon review). 
• Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start. 
• Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, PowerPoint, Gliffy, Cameo, MagicDraw) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of I/T applications and infrastructure 
• Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues. 
• Experience conducting site surveys or analyzing data obtained from site surveys. 
• Experience creating or executing a migration plan to move circuits, network traffic, services, applications, or data between environments or to a commercial cloud provider. Alternatively, experience planning or executing a technology refresh or lifecycle refresh of an existing I/T system. 
• Must have broad exposure to common I/T infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing(L2/L3), and Firewalls. 
• Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vender network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet. 
• Demonstrate experience in designing and implementing medium to large network infrastructure and producing corresponding technical documentation. 
• Must be able to work as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues. 
• Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals. 
• Requires a DoD Top Secret level clearance or higher

SMS is a dynamic systems integrator established in 1976, delivering talented teams and innovative, cost-effective solutions and services to support our customers’ missions for more than 47 years. Our ability to hire and retain quality people in a rapidly evolving IT market is proven through our employee retention rate averaging over 3 years. At SMS, we place a high value on quality of service, customer satisfaction, and best-of-breed policies and practices, resulting in CMMI Level 3 certification and ISO registrations including 9001:2015, 20000-1:2018, and ISO/IEC 27001:2013. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. 

SMS is 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, disability, or status as a protected veteran.