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Job Details: Senior Network Engineer CISCO SME (11-013)
Job Title Senior Network Engineer CISCO SME (11-013)
Company Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC
Location Washington DC (US)
Date Posted 02/09/11
Senior Network Engineer CISCO SME
Washington, DC
Clearance:
Minimum Security Clearance Requirement: US Citizenship Required Clearable to Top
Secret (TS)/DOE Q
Qualifications, Duties, and Responsibilities:
Senior Network Engineer (SNE) CISCO SME will have current/recent 5-10 years expe
rience as a Sr. Network Engineer in a large CISCO powered State or Federal Gover
nment Environment. Position requires a results-oriented, self-motivated network
engineer who will be responsible for securing, upgrading, and maintaining networ
k infrastructures across multiple government field sites; using Local Area Netwo
rk (LAN), Metro Area Network (MAN, and Wide Area Network (WAN) Technologies. The
SNE will deploy Cisco switches, routers, and firewalls using network virtualiza
tion technologies to achieve cost savings by securely supporting multiple custom
ers over one physical network infrastructure.

· Senior Network Engineer will have Industry Accepted Technical Certifications suc
h as CSSIP, CCIE, CCDP, CCNP Certifications. Senior Network Engineer will have r
eal world experience in developing SOP s, submitting change control proposals and
Project Plans to the Configuration Control Board and/or Technical Review Board,
and expert understanding of current and emerging network technologies.
· As a Senior Member of the network operations team, the SNE will have major Clien
t Interface responsibilities and serve as mentor for all staff members.
· Will be called upon regularly as a backup to other staff on the network team (e.
g. update BIND DNS zones and create DHCP scopes with infoblox, etc.
· Develop scripts to identify security events, fault detection, correlation of log
events, performance metrics, and generate reports to support specific service l
evel requirements.
· The Senior Network Engineer is required to be available on-call 24x7. The Engine
er will be issued a Blackberry and VPN access to allow rapid response to network
events whenever the network operations center escalates a problem requiring Tie
r-3 support Most events have a 4 hour cure window.
Preferred Skill-Set and Experience:
· Expert experience as a Systems Administrator for both Windows and Linux
· Recent experience supporting multi-VRF networks using BGP and MPLS is a plus.
· Experience with 802.1x and Network Access Control (NAC) is a plus.
· Bachelor s Degree (Required), Masters (Preferred) in a Technical Discipline
· Recent experience documenting, implementing, and troubleshooting nationwide and
campus networks built using Cisco network devices (Catalyst 3750 & 6500 switches
, Cisco 3800 & 7200 routers running IOS 12.4, and Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall
s).
· Recent experience configuring routing protocols, applying route filters and trou
bleshooting enterprise and/or service provider internet edge and backbone router
s running BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF. Must understand how to use BGP in a multi-homed/
multi-carrier environment.
· Excellent problem solving skills and a solid understanding of how to troubleshoo
t connectivity and performance issues that involve firewalls, routers, network a
pplications, and circuits (T-1, T-3, OC-3, OC-12, ISDN, HDLC, PPP, ATM, Frame Re
lay, and MPLS).
· Experience with/using Red Hat Linux, technical writing, presentations, DMVPN, an
d IPSEC.
· Strong knowledge of TCP/IP stack and how it operates on networks with hosts runn
ing Linux, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Solaris.
· Strong understanding of application transport and network infrastructure protoco
ls (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD
) and their relationship to end-user applications.
· Proficient with Perl scripting language is preferred for automating configuratio
n changes, parsing log data from firewalls and routers, generating reports, dete
cting network traffic anomalies etc.
· Possess strong Linux command-line skills. Install and operate open source softwa
re to perform network monitoring.
· Must have experience modifying firewall rule sets, studying network traffic flow
s to reverse-engineer the required firewall rules to lock down an application, a
nd troubleshooting firewall problems in an enterprise or service provider enviro
nment under short time constraints involving complex network application flows b
etween multiple hosts spanning multiple firewalls and different geographic locat
ions.
· Experience working in a remotely administered lights-out environment is preferre
d, where equipment is deployed, pre-configured, and out-of-band access via modem
is used when necessary during circuit problem determination.
· Must be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, w
ith fluency in English.
· ITIL and/or PMP Certifications a plus

Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives fo

r diversity. Careers with Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC (EES) feature excelle
nt growth, very competitive health and welfare benefits, and 401(k) program with
a Company match.
Please forward your resume along with salary requirements to careers@eesllc.net,
placing Senior Network Engineer CISCO SME (11-013) in the subject line. All res
umes go directly to a recruiter for consideration. Candidates only, no agencies.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace
and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.