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Network Engineer – Journeyman
DecisionPoint Corporation. Configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus data-center switching environments .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in configuring and maintaining Cisco Nexus data-center environments, supporting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, and executing network installations and migrations. Proficient in troubleshooting complex network issues and applying security standards such as DISA STIGs within a federal or Department of Defense context.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Cisco Nexus SwitchingCisco Application Centric InfrastructureDISA STIG ComplianceNetwork TroubleshootingCisco Certified Network Professional
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Hard Skills
Network ConfigurationVLAN ConfigurationRouting ProtocolsSoftware-Defined NetworkingData-Center ConnectivityNetwork MonitoringPerformance ManagementImplementation PlanningNetwork ArchitectureTroubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3
Soft Skills
Problem SolvingCollaborationCommunicationDocumentationTechnical Escalation
Tools & Technologies
Network AppliancesCloud ConnectivityWANLANSD-WANFirewallsVPNLoad BalancersNetwork Monitoring PlatformsConfiguration Management Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Cisco Certified Network ProfessionalITIL FoundationCCNP Data CenterCCNP EnterpriseCCNP SecurityCompTIA Security+
Industry Keywords
Data-Center NetworkingEnterprise InfrastructureDepartment of DefenseFederal Network EnvironmentNetwork DiagramsConfiguration RecordsService RestorationRoot-Cause AnalysisChange ManagementIncident Management
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudFirewallsSwitching
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus data-center switching environments
- Support Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure fabrics and policy-based network configurations
- Configure and maintain APICs, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, endpoint groups, contracts, and external connectivity
- Support software-defined networking across data-center infrastructure
- Install, configure, maintain, refresh, and troubleshoot top-of-rack switches, data-center switches, network appliances, and related connectivity
- Support physical and logical connectivity among servers, storage, virtualization environments, appliances, cloud services, and enterprise networks
- Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, trunks, port channels, vPCs, routing, access controls, and redundant network paths
- Support network architecture, integration, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
- Gather and document technical requirements for installations, data-center connectivity, equipment refreshes, and relocations
- Develop implementation procedures, migration plans, cutover plans, validation steps, rollback procedures, and outage contingencies
- Execute approved installations, configuration changes, equipment refreshes, and hardware replacements
- Support relocation cutovers at USMEPCOM and MEPS locations
- Perform equipment staging, configuration validation, connectivity testing, implementation, and post-cutover verification
- Coordinate with cabling personnel on rack layouts, patching, fiber, copper cabling, network drops, and equipment interconnections
- Support site surveys and update network diagrams, rack layouts, as-built documentation, and equipment inventories
- Test network devices and configurations before production installation
- Apply approved firmware, operating-system, vendor, security, and configuration updates
- Configure devices according to security requirements and DISA STIGs
- Monitor availability, utilization, performance, capacity, faults, interfaces, and data-center connectivity
- Troubleshoot Layer 2, Layer 3, fabric, switching, routing, latency, packet-loss, and connectivity issues
- Support WAN, LAN, circuit, SD-WAN, firewall, VPN, wireless, and cloud-connectivity troubleshooting
- Participate in Outage Response Team activities and support diagnosis, restoration, workarounds, corrective actions, and root-cause analysis
- Coordinate technical escalations with senior engineers, Cisco, DISA, telecommunications providers, vendors, and external support organizations
- Support remote MEPS and other locations with network-connectivity issues
- Follow incident, change, configuration, release, and service-transition processes
- Maintain configurations, implementation records, change documentation, test results, troubleshooting procedures, and knowledge articles
- Identify recurring issues, performance constraints, configuration problems, and potential points of failure
- Escalate complex issues, operational risks, and proposed changes to senior engineering personnel
Requirements
What you’ll need- Active Secret clearance or higher
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Between 3 and 7 years of relevant network engineering, network administration, data-center networking, or enterprise infrastructure experience
- Current Cisco Certified Network Professional certification
- Hands-on experience supporting Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
- Experience supporting ACI tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, endpoint groups, contracts, APICs, and external network connectivity
- Experience with software-defined networking and policy-based data-center network architectures
- Experience configuring top-of-rack switches, virtual port channels, port channels, VLANs, trunks, routing, and redundant network paths
- Experience supporting data-center connectivity among compute, storage, virtualization, cloud, security, and network platforms
- Experience supporting network installations, hardware refreshes, migrations, maintenance activities, and relocation cutovers
- Experience executing method-of-procedure documents, implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, and cutover checklists
- Experience supporting network-related outages, service restoration, vendor escalation, and root-cause analysis
- Knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN routing, and Quality of Service
- Experience supporting WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, circuits, firewalls, VPNs, wireless infrastructure, load balancers, and cloud connectivity
- Experience with network-monitoring, configuration-management, performance-management, and observability platforms
- Experience applying DISA STIGs or supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, and POA&M requirements
- Experience maintaining network diagrams, rack layouts, as-built documentation, equipment inventories, and configuration records
- Familiarity with structured cabling, patch panels, fiber connectivity, inside-plant infrastructure, and network-drop planning
- Additional certifications such as CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent credentials
- ITIL Foundation or higher certification
- Experience working in a federal or Department of Defense network environment
- Ability to support travel, after-hours outages, maintenance windows, installations, refreshes, and relocation cutovers when required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remote work arrangement
- Travel or on-site support as required for installations, site surveys, equipment refreshes, outages, or relocation cutovers
- Opportunity to support a federal government contract program
- After-hours work and maintenance-window support as required