Network Engineer III

Network Engineer III (Juniper, BGP/MPLS)

Location: Springfield, VA - on site

Time Type: Full time, Exempt

Clearance Required to Start: Active TS/SCI (U.S. citizenship required)

Additional Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Government polygraph (post-hire requirement).

Travel: Up to 25%

Salary Range: $107,000 – $117,000

Multi-domain transport at national scale, on Juniper iron.

RISA is hiring a Network Engineer III to engineer and sustain an Intelligence Community customer's WAN, LAN, and campus networks across multiple security domains. The work is real engineering - new project requirements, site surveys, technology refresh, and the sustainment of infrastructure that has to stay up. You will talk to the owner here, not a recruiting queue.

What You Will Do

• Engineer and sustain multi-domain WAN/LAN environments across NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWICS.
• Troubleshoot network media and components; monitor the health and performance of the network.
• Research and implement enterprise-wide solutions and enhancements against mission objectives.
• Develop test plans and configuration documentation for customer approval before implementation.
• Run traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization to hold performance and availability objectives.
• Perform site surveys for new installations and technology refresh; install and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment.
• Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.

What You'll Bring

• U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI.
• Education and experience, per the contract labor category criteria: Bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position plus 6 years of relevant experience. Equivalents accepted - Master's plus 4, Associate's plus 8, or High School diploma/GED plus 10.
• 8+ years in network and transport technologies, including 4+ years on large-scale enterprise or global networks.
• IAT Level II certification.
• Juniper MX, EX, and SRX - switching, routing, and firewall/VPN.
• OSPF, BGP, MPLS, RSVP/LDP L2/L3VPNs, VRFs, IKE/IPSec, GRE tunnels, and import/export policies.
• IP services supporting IPv4/IPv6, VPN, multicast, QoS, SDN, SNMP, VoIP, and VTC.
• Cryptographic devices (KG-175G/X, KG-245A/X) and DoD Architecture Framework.
• Network analysis tooling - Network Automation/Node Manager, Juniper Secure Analytics, Infoblox, or Riverbed.

Nice to Have

• JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP, or Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCVP or equivalent.
• CISSP, Security+, or ITIL v3 Foundations.

About RISA

Rolston Information Systems Assurance (RISA) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that has supported federal defense and intelligence cybersecurity missions for more than seventeen years. We are small on purpose: direct access to leadership, a real say in how the work gets done, and none of the layers that slow large primes down.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) and Roth; Paid Time Off; and 11 paid Federal Holidays.

RISA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Upon receiving an offer of employment, all applicants will be required to do a background check, including a criminal record check and employment/education verification.