Job Description
As an F5 Network Engineer, you will provide technical leadership, oversight, and direction to the Core Transport Network Engineering team and mentors and instructs network engineers on best practices and the execution of network enhancements and upgrades and troubleshooting efforts in a large and complex network environment. You will be responsible for the health and maintenance of a large, complex networking infrastructure. This includes providing network administration and operational support to more than 8000 networked devices. The F5 Network Engineer will provide comprehensive network administration, security enhancements and remediation, and troubleshooting of network devices such as routers, switches, load balancers, VPNs, 802.11 Wireless, and VoIP. This position requires an understanding of best practices pertaining to network security and may require the development, deployment, and integration of network security services. The F5 Network Engineer should be able to work both independently and as part of a team. WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED: Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance Certifications:
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
Must have ONE or more of the following active network certifications: Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA). Education: Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of degree. Years' Experience:
5+ or more years of related information technology experience (if no degree, 8 years experience required).
3+ years experience supporting DOD, DISA, or JSP Network environments. Technical Skills:
Expert knowledge of information technology principles, methods, and techniques.
Experience with F5 load balancers to include troubleshooting, configuring, upgrading, maintaining, and monitoring an enterprise F5 load balancer network architecture.
Extensive experience troubleshooting, managing, and monitoring the health of Cisco and Juniper routers and switches.
Extensive experience in Software Define Networks (SDN). Broad understanding of network infrastructure topologies, security policies, firewalls, and the L2/L3 switch and router infrastructure.
Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting network systems, switching, and routing protocol standards such as: TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SDN, and 802.1x.
Experience managing and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NTP in a large multi-site environment.
Experience with network security, including firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, and vulnerability remediation.
Experience using network management and analysis tools such as SNMP probes, network taps, and traffic analyzer.
Experience with Network Management & Performance platforms, such as NetScout, IBM NetCool, Solarwinds NMS products, NetBrain, Infovista, Clearpass, Aruba, Arista.
Experience building configurations using CLI.
Experience with network security, including firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, and vulnerability remediation.
Creating and documenting processes and creating work instructions.
Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.
Experience creating scripts to automate routine administration tasks. Skills & Abilities:
Possess flexibility to operate in a highly dynamic environment while ensuring a high level of operational effectiveness.
Experience working as a part of a large team and working directly with customers.
Experience with supporting teleworkers and remote access technologies.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong customer service skills. Location: Arlington, VA - onsite at the Pentagon. WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - DESIRED:
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance
Certification: F5 Network certification Technical Skills:
Experience with proposals.
Experience utilizing Remedy ITSM.
Experience administering and troubleshooting server operating systems such as Linux, Windows, or UNIX.
Experience documenting network topology using Visio.
Job Tags
Work experience placement, Remote work,
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