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