Network Engineer

Overview

Rapiscan Systems is an industry leader in detection technology, providing cargo and vehicle inspection systems and services for ports, borders, military, high-threat facilities, and checkpoints to help customers combat terrorism, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and trade fraud. We offer a broad array of scanning system configurations that leverage low-, medium-, and high-energy X-ray technology—or multiple X-ray technologies—to address each customer’s unique security application requirements. Our commitment to excellence in imaging performance, innovative design, and uncompromising quality ensures our solutions consistently deliver best-in-class imaging, high reliability, and operator satisfaction, to help customers find threats and contraband with ease and confidence.

Role Overview 

We are looking for a Network Engineer to implement, maintain, and support deployments of our CertScan platform. You will be part of a systems engineering team that is responsible for designing and developing scalable, maintainable, highly available network architectures that meet business objectives and SLAs. The Network Engineer role is to ensure the stability and integrity of equipment used to provide the data transmissions network required to enable the service provisioned by the customer while ensuring the continuous improvement of these services using industry best practices. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) across the organization. This position will work both independently and on a team on the design, installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This individual will also analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion.

Responsibilities

• 40% Analyze network performance, troubleshoot issues, and make the appropriate decisions independently to repair as needed.
• 20% Deploy region LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless APs and other hardware while providing protection from disaster through redundancy and recovery procedures while working both independently and on a team.
• 20% Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.
• 20% Maintain and manage configurations including ensuring proper documentation is completed and process is followed.
• Deploy region LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless APs and other hardware.
• Work closely with the customers IT team to meet and exceed Compliance and Design standards.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.
• Continually assess current state of the network against industry best practices and provide recommendations to improve throughput and reduce failure through the use of redundancy and process.
• Develop, implement and maintain policies, procedures, and processes for network administration, utilization, and disaster recovery to include continual improvement.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to procure network products and services.
• Work individually or with a team on new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
• Maintain and manage configurations including ensuring proper documentation is completed and process is followed.
• Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues and make the necessary decisions required to repair as needed.
• Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, firewalls, and other network appliances.
• Configure networks to ensure reliable operation and availability for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Maintain network hardware such as routers, switches, firewalls, VPN concentrators to include associated software and peripheral devices.
• Practice network asset management using CMDB, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.
• Monitor and periodically test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Participate in managing all network security solutions.
• Perform network and security audits ensuring all systems are backed up and recovery procedures are available.
• The list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or skills that may be required of individuals in this position. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or certifications plus related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

5+ years of progressive experience in networking and network security including VPN’s, enterprise routing and L3-7 switching. Technical knowledge of Monitoring Systems (Orion, Vcenter), Network Equipment (Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet,etc), Servers (Rac, Blade), Hyper-V, VMWare, Windows Server, SQL Server, Storage (NetApp, EMC, HP, etc), Ceph, Active Directory. AWS cloud experience desirable. 

2+ years in enterprise network design and implementation

2+ years in firewall/switch technologies

2+ years in MPLS or VPLS network design

2+ years in QoS design and implementation 

2+ years in EIGRP, BGP and OSPF

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Preferred Certifications – ITIL Foundations v3, CCNA, CCDA, CCDP, CCN
• Cisco, Fortinet preferred or any industry standard network certification
• Cybersecurity Certifications such as CISSP, Security+ given additional consideration

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