Brief Synopsis – SBC Innovations is seeking talent for a broadly experienced Sr Network Architect to join its team. This individual will play a critical role in providing Network Engineering, Design, Administration and Support for network infrastructure in centralized data centers, District offices, and in a lab environment. The Network Architect shall be technically proficient in highly complex, enterprise-scale network solutions, data center and campus network design, engineering, implementation, security, and operational support; and capable of effectively troubleshooting advanced, multi-layer network systems. In completing tasks and making recommendations, the contractor shall reconcile current industry best practices with existing and projected requirements.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
At a minimum, the qualified candidates must possess:
- A minimum of 10 years of professional, full-time years of LAN/WAN architecture design experience in an enterprise IT environment similar in size and scope to the EOUSA requirement Designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex enterprise WAN and LAN with multiple platforms and technologies.
- Expertise shall include configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF; configuration, management, deployment, and troubleshooting Cisco 2900, 3800, 3900, 7200, 7600, ASR 1006, 1002 series routers; configuration, management, automated deployment, and troubleshooting of Cisco Catalyst 3560, 3800, 4400, 4500, 9300 and 9500 switches in a complex, multi-VLAN network environment.
- Configuration, management, deployment, and troubleshooting Nexus 7000 and 5000 switches, including but not limited to configuration of M and F series modules, VDCs, VPC, VLANs, 802.1q, port channels, and QoS.
- Configuration, management, deployment and troubleshooting of Cisco ACE, F5 (LTM) Load balancers to provide efficient switching and routing for local and global traffic.
- Configuration, deployment, management and troubleshooting of Cisco ASA firewalls, including but not limited to NAT, PAT, VPN, Route maps, VLAN, and ACL.
- Managing and securing remote access through using IPsec, SSL and Dynamic VPN technologies, and Client-to-Site VPN.
- IP v4 and IP v6 addressing scheme, planning and implementation.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- A completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer networks & Engineering or Cyber Security
- Ability to attain up to a Top-Secret security clearance.
Security Clearance : Due to the nature of this customer, the position will require either already possessing a government security clearance or the ability to obtain one. A current / active Secret or Top-Secret clearance is desired.
Period Of Performance – Immediate Hire
Work Schedule Requirements – Hybrid Work Schedule: 80% Remote Weekly (1 day onsite weekly)
Place of Performance – for this SP, the place of performance is listed as Columbia, SC or Washington DC