OverviewLongenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated IT Networking Engineer to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Pantex in Amarillo, TX.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain 99.9% availability of core network infrastructure including routers, switches, and data center fabrics.
- Resolve network incidents and service outages within established SLAs.
- Develop lifecycle, upgrade, patching, and rollback plans for network infrastructure.
- Monitor network devices and ensure proper NOC/SOC onboarding and telemetry reporting.
- Provide recommendations for performance optimization, capacity planning, and remediation activities.
- Support Cisco ISE authentication, authorization, and access control services.
- Administer Network Access Devices and identity groups.
- Manage VoIP administration, moves, adds, changes, and deletions.
- Administer wireless LAN infrastructure and access point deployments.
- Manage load balancers, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM environments.
- Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, inventories, and change records.
- Submit and manage RFCs through ServiceNow and comply with CAB processes.
Education and Licensure
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Master’s degree in a related field and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in lieu of education: A combination of 10 or more years of relevant education, training, and/or professional experience may be considered in place of the degree requirement.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- At least 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
- Experience with Cisco enterprise routing and switching technologies. (required)
- Knowledge of network troubleshooting, operations, and infrastructure management. (required)
- Must possess an active DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance or DOE Q Clearance, or have previously held one and be eligible for reinstatement. (required)
- Ability to work with classified information and comply with security requirements (required)
- Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
- Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
- Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:
- Cisco ISE
- Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center)
- Tenable
- Splunk
- Load Balancers (LTM/GTM)
- DNS DHCP/IPAM administration
- This position is onsite and requires full-time attendance in Amarillo, TX.
