Network Engineer – Enterprise Network Services, Onsite

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
• World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
• These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Enterprise Network Services organization is seeking a Network Engineer with a solid understanding of networking, firewalls, WAN/LAN technologies and communication protocols. The individual must bring their own knowledge and expertise to design, implement, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot networks. This includes routers, switches and firewalls.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Design and implement corporate enterprise or direct mission network architectures
• Maintain smooth operation of corporate enterprise or direct mission network communication systems
• Evaluate and report on new communications technologies, as well as recommend viable solutions to improve the capabilities of the network
• Develop and plan network installation, testing and troubleshooting procedures
• Work with customers to elicit, analyze, define, and document requirements
• Perform regular network performance and tuning
• Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$70,200 – $135,400

• Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, Information Assurance or a related field; or equivalent (AS + 4 years or no degree + 8 years)
• Experience with network communication protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTPS, IPSec, or SNMP, etc.
• Experience with LAN/WAN equipment, such as routers, switches, and network tools
• Experience with IPv4 and IPv6 implementation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Understanding of various IT systems such as hardware, operating systems, networking, virtualization, and other technologies
• Experience designing, documenting, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing enterprise network infrastructures
• Ability to interpret new business requirements and propose suitable architecture changes
• Experience working with Ansible and various networking technologies in an unclassified and a classified environment
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in diverse team environments to resolve network-centric issues
• Knowledgeable of network virtualization and SDN
• Familiar with network equipment such as Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista and Extreme
• Familiarity with development (Python, Git)
• An active DOE Q or DOD TS clearance

About Our Team:

The Enterprise Network Services organization is responsible for providing secure, consistent, and highly available network infrastructure services to meet Sandia’s core corporate and mission IT needs. By providing a cost optimized and universally available experience, regardless of location, Enterprise Network Services will enable individuals to work with confidence in a secure computing environment.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Position Information:

This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia’s discretion up to a maximum of seven years.

Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 694243

Job Family: IT

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: F

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