Senior Network Engineer

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Job description

Overview:
Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.

At Markon, we don't just offer jobs - we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make - which is why we're consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation's most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters - bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients' missions.

Join us and make a meaningful impact.

Markon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Description:
Markon's partner company is seeking experienced Senior Network Engineers to join our program supporting a key IC government customer.

Responsibilities:
TCP/IP transport network design and engineering, network routing protocols, advanced virtual networking technologies.

Performing upgrades and performing routine network operations and maintenance (O&M).

Identifying and implementing INFOSEC and COMSEC security requirements for the network.

Complex configuration management techniques and requirements for managing network systems.

Network operating and maintenance concepts and methods used to troubleshoot network problems for LAN, WAN, VPN, SD-WAN and VoIP.

Performing Satellite communications and Radio Frequency (RF) engineering.

Qualifications:
Required Skills:

Bachelor's or Master's Degrees in a Computer Science or related field.

An active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.

Experience as a Network Engineer with a minimum of 6 years.

Knowledge and experience with keying devices such as Raytheon KG 345, ViaSat KG 245, LG KG 245A.

Experience with Cisco IOS, including switching, routing, segment routing and other technologies.

Knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF), Satellite Comms, and spectrum engineering.

Experience with Optical networking technology and engineering.

Desired Skills:

Variety of network technologies and solution architectures.

Broad understanding of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the networking field.

Knowledge of state-of-the-art systems engineering principles and network design concepts.

Virtualization experience (VDI & VMWare).

Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, etc.).

Security best practices and implementing firewalls and perimeter security measures including VPN technologies.

Continuous integration, test automation and / or SecDevOps on iterative development projects.

Agile Development methodologies.

Cisco Certifications: CCNA or CCNP.

Salary Range:
USD $(phone number removed) - USD $(phone number removed) /Yr.

The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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