Job Description:

Company Description

Are you a mid-level network engineer with a diverse set of experiences looking for new challenges? Would your current employer absolutely hate to lose you, but is not able to offer you the professional and technical advancement you crave? If so, we'd LOVE to introduce you to NetCraftsmen.

We are a diverse team of recognized subject matter experts withmulti-vendor consulting expertise inUnified Communications / Collaboration, network security,high-end routing, network design, switching, cloud/virtualization, QoS, MPLS, video, network management, IP multicast and other areas.We are committed to continued training and certification and our outstanding culture and commitment to employee success have led us to be Cisco's Mid-Atlantic Partner of the Year for 2020 as well asfinalists in the Baltimore Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" for the past 4years (including a 2nd place finish in 2020) - Come see why!

Why become aNetCraftsmen?

• We are a company of high achievers who learn from each other and support each other's growth and success


• We offer competitive pay and solid benefits including self-directed PTO and a matching 401(k) with the employer component IMMEDIATELY vested


• We offer a minimum of 2weeks and a strong corresponding budgetper engineer per year (pro-rated) for professional development/certification AND the time necessary to hit your training/cert goals


• We are NOT a body shop. We hire full-time direct hire specialists with a driving thirst to learn and improve.


• See our reviews onIndeedandGlassDoorfor validation.

Job Description

This opening is for aNetwork Engineer in the DC/Northern VA Metro Area.This is a full time direct hire role and would require you be in the DC/NoVA metropolitanarea to commute to the client sites, post-COVID

While with NetCraftsmen, you will perform on-site and project-based consulting with various customers to design, implement, and support primarily Cisco-based networks.

In this role, you will:

• Assess, design, implement, troubleshoot, and document Cisco networks and related systems

• Develop both high-level and detailed implementation and test plans for Cisco technologies related to enterprise networks

• Provide knowledge transfer and informal training to clients

NetCraftsmen requires U.S. citizenship for access to certain federal client locations and you will need to successfully pass a low-level background investigation and drug screen.

Qualifications

Required background for our Network Engineer

• Open to a full-time direct hire role. Some federal government clients require US Citizenship to access their locations, so citizenship is a must.


• Cisco Certified Network Professional(CCNP) or CCNPlevel expertise in Enterprise Infrastructure (formerly Route/Switch) and/orSecurity


• Four or more years of experience in the design and implementation ofenterprise networks


• Good understanding and practical experience with routing protocols (EIGRP, OSFP, and BGP)


• Good understanding and practical experience with switching technologies (Spanning tree, EtherChannel, Port Security, 802.1X, MAB)


• Familiarity with Virtual Private Network (VPN) and firewall technologies (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, Check Point, etc)


• Exposure to any/all of the following would be ideal:
  
  
  • NAC solutions (such as Cisco ISE or Forescout)
  
  
  • SD-WAN
  
  
  • Zero Trust Networks
  
  
  • Cloud Deployment
  
  
  
  

Additional Information

NetCraftsmen is an Equal OpportunityEmployer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status andwill not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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