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Network Engineer
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About This Role
Who We Are:
- CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense & security and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
- CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
- CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
What We Have to Offer:
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
- A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
- Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
- Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
Summary
The Network Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and administering mission critical computer networks. Primary duties will include maintenance of computer networks, hardware, software, and other related systems, performing disaster recovery operations, protecting data, software, and hardware from attacks, and replacing faulty network hardware components when necessary. The Network Engineer will work closely with the users of the network in order to identify potential issues and fix existing problems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Implementing, administering, and troubleshooting network devices including WAPs, firewalls, routers, switches, and controllers.
- Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments including systems software, applications software, hardware, and configurations.
- Performing disaster recovery operations and data backups when required.
- Assist with contractual requirements identification and execution
- Assist with early identification of potential attrition, candidates and expansion opportunities
- Protecting data, software, and hardware by coordinating, planning, and implementing network security measures.
- Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware, software, and other network and system problems.
- Replacing faulty network hardware components when required.
- Configuring, and monitoring SIEM platforms Solarwinds, Splunk, and IBM QRadar.
- Monitoring network performance to determine if adjustments need to be made.
- Conferring with network users about solving existing system problems.
- Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of networks and computer systems.
- Managing network access for both users and administrators via ISE. Account management.
- Coordinating computer network access and use.
- Designing, configuring, and testing networking software, computer hardware, and operating system software.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- TS/SCI security clearance
- DOD 8570 Baseline Certified (Security+, CCNA, CCNA Security)
- 4+ years of networking engineering experience.
- Knowledge of Cisco IPS, firewalls, routers, and switches.
- Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware.
- Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions while under pressure.
- Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including intrusion prevention systems, firewalls, routers, and switches.
- Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
- Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
- Provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection.
- Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internet resources.
- Ability to work with all levels of staff within and outside of IT and outside the organization.
- A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Dependable and flexible when necessary.
- Network security experience.
- LAN and WAN experience.
Preferred Skills
- A deep knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
- Extensive knowledge of Cisco Nexus datacenter switches, to include VRF’s, VPC, Features, High availability, and general configuration.
- Knowledge of cisco best practices in creating and maintaining collapsed core environment
- Knowledge of Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW).
- Knowledge of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls.
- Knowledge of Cisco Next-Gen Firewall Firepower devices.
- Knowledge on configuring firewall access rules and device access-control lists.
- Knowledge of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) and configuring IPS security policies.
- Knowledge of Cisco Sourcefire sensors.
- Knowledge of Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) concentrators.
- Knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting Site-to-Site IPsec VPN tunnels on Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) to include IKEv1, IKEv2, and GRE tunnels.
- Knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting TACACS+ Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) services on networking devices.
- Knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting Port-based Network Access Control (PNAC) using IEEE 802.1x authentication on layer 2 network switches.
- Knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) on networking devices
- Knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting network IP Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP).
- Knowledge of DHCP configuration spanned between multiple devices
- Knowledge of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
- Knowledge on configuring Cisco ISE security policy sets.
- Ability to stay on top of Cisco IOS & Rommon updates and ensure latest Cisco recommended patches are applied monthly per DISA STIG requirements and Cisco best practices.
- Preferred prior experience with opening help tickets and troubleshooting with DISA concerning DoDIN NIPR / SIPR WAN circuits
- Familiarization with Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
- Familiarization with Gabriel Nimbus / ARNLD and DISA whitelists.
- Familiarization with DOD Joint Enterprise Level Agreement (JELA) contracting agreements
- Knowledge of VMware infrastructure including configuring vSAN, Virtual Standard
- Switches (VSS), virtual distributed switches (vDS).
- Familiarization with VXRail networking architecture
- Knowledge of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) and Network Configuration Management (NCM).
- Knowledge of Netflow and Sflow configuration within a Cisco catalyst and Cisco nexus environment.
- Knowledge on DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS).
- Knowledge of configuration and management for KG-175D cryptographic devices
Security Responsibilities
Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.
- Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- The ability to work at a desk for eight hours
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.
Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at hrops@caemilusa.com
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CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at .
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