Network Engineer (Journeyman)

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus data-center switching environments and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabrics, including APICs, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, endpoint groups, contracts, and external connectivity.
• Install, configure, refresh, and troubleshoot top-of-rack and data-center switches, network appliances, and software-defined networking configurations.
• Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, trunks, port channels, virtual port channels, routing, access controls, and redundant paths supporting servers, storage, virtualization, cloud, and enterprise networks.
• Gather requirements and assist with implementation procedures, cutover plans, validation steps, rollback procedures, and outage contingencies.
• Execute approved installations, configuration changes, refreshes, and hardware replacements, including relocation cutovers at USMEPCOM and MEPS locations (staging, testing, and post-cutover verification).
• Coordinate with cabling personnel on rack layouts, patching, fiber, copper, and network drops; support site surveys and update network diagrams, as-built documentation, and equipment inventories.
• Test devices before production deployment and apply approved firmware, OS, and security updates in accordance with DISA STIGs.
• Monitor network availability, performance, capacity, and faults; troubleshoot Layer 2/Layer 3, fabric, routing, latency, and packet-loss issues, including WAN, SD-WAN, firewall, VPN, wireless, and cloud connectivity affecting data-center services.
• Participate in Outage Response Team activities, support diagnosis, restoration, and root-cause analysis, and coordinate escalation with senior engineers, Cisco, DISA, carriers, and vendors.
• Support remote MEPS and other locations with router, circuit, firewall, VPN, ISP, and cloud-connectivity issues.
• Follow approved ITSM processes and maintain configurations, change records, test results, troubleshooting procedures, and knowledge articles.

Education & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Three (3) to seven (7) years of relevant network engineering, network administration, data-center networking, or enterprise infrastructure experience.

Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, ACI, software-defined networking, and policy-based data-center network architectures.
• Knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN routing, and Quality of Service.
• Experience supporting installations, refreshes, migrations, and relocation cutovers using method-of-procedure, test, rollback, and cutover documentation.
• Experience with network-monitoring, configuration-management, and observability platforms.
• Experience applying DISA STIGs and supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, and POA&M requirements in a federal or DoD environment.
• Familiarity with structured cabling, patch panels, fiber connectivity, and inside-plant infrastructure.

Certifications

• Required: Current Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
• Preferred: CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CompTIA Security+, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent credentials.

Security Clearance

• Active Secret clearance or higher is required.

Other (Travel, Work Environment, DoD 8570 Requirements, Administrative Notes, etc.)

Work Environment / Travel:

• Remote position.
• Travel or on-site support may be required for installations, site surveys, refreshes, outages, or relocation cutovers; after-hours work may be required during maintenance windows or mission-critical events.

Administrative Notes:

Period of Performance: March 1, 2027 – February 28, 2033

Contract Start Date: March 1, 2027

Note: By applying to this position, the candidate acknowledges and consents to having their resume included in an active competitive Government contract bid.