Title: Mid-Level Network Engineer
The Network Engineer (Mid-Level) supports the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of complex information system networking infrastructure, including physical facility infrastructure, virtual networking devices and physical networking devices in both traditional and hyper converged architectures. This role will support the fielding and installation of cyber training systems for the Department of Defense. The ideal candidate is capable of learning quickly and demonstrates a proven ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve problems.
About the Mission:
The Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) supports the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) by enabling a critical need for the DoD and Joint Cyberspace Operations Forces to train at the individual, team, and force level. The PCTE is an online client that allows access to Cybercom’s cyber mission force from anywhere in the world for individual or collective training and mission rehearsal. PCTE is one of the five elements of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). Since its inception in 2015, it has been managed on behalf of Cybercom and the joint cyber force by the Army’s Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
Location: Orlando, FL
Travel: Potential of travel up to 20%
Responsibilities:
· Maintaining relevancy with commercial networking solutions, processes and architectures to keep pace with industry offerings and trends
· Supporting the design, documentation and implementation of enhancements to the system, ensuring that application software, cybersecurity and operational use cases are fully accounted for
· Ensuring maximum system uptime and rapidly responding to hardware and software failures
· Quickly diagnosing operational, performance or other issues and leads the implementation of resolutions.
· Fielding installs, including complex hardware, infrastructure software, and application software installation
o This also includes configuration and testing of data center and cloud environments
· Installating and verifying custom software applications in both a virtualized and containerized system environment
· Configuring physical servers, network equipment, and other components of the data center
· Interacting with vendors/users/customers and developers to understand needs and operational requirements
Qualifications:
· U.S. citizenship
· Active DoD Secret clearance
· Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as IT, computer science, or software systems engineering
· 3+ years of relevant work experience
· Experience in Linux
· Demonstrated experience in a technically demanding environment, with the ability to execute in a hands-on role while remaining on task with installation schedules
· Ability to learn new hardware and software systems
· Must be detail oriented and able to follow complex installation instructions to configure and validate environments.
· Familiarity with command line tools and scripts for automation, administration, data collection and reporting
· Ability to debug, deploy, and sustain scripts
· Ability to prioritize tasks in an agile and fast-paced environment
· Experience with office tools such as Microsoft Office, Slack, Jira, Confluence, etc.
Desired Qualifications:
· Active DoD Top Secret clearance
· 6+ years of relevant work experience
· DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification(s) (Security+, CISSP, etc.)
· Expertise in Linux
· Experience with RedHat
· Knowledge/Experience with F5 Networks
· L2/L3 networking experience (routing, switching, VPN, VLAN)
· Cisco experience
· Experience with VMware virtualization technologies such as vCenter
· Experience managing and configuring Kubernetes systems and services
· Experience maintaining systems according to DoD 8510 RMF for IT requirements, including the application and auditing of STIGs
· Cyber range operations and/or user experience
Benefits:
We offer 50% paid employee premium Health Care including Medical, Dental, and Vision, as well as employee-paid spouse, child, or family medical insurance; employer-paid Life Insurance; AD&D; Short-Term Disability; and employee-paid Voluntary Life Insurance. We also offer 3% 401(k) plan matching, paid holidays, and prorated PTO. Employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement and referral incentives.
About Bizzell:
Engaged Leadership. Founded by Veterans, our executive leadership team brings decades of experience as senior government officials, and a broad and relevant range of expertise in DoD and civilian agency operations - both here and abroad. Our leaders foster high-performing teams that collaborate across the company with clarity and trust.
Foundation of Integrity. Our commitment to integrity defines us and is the bedrock of our reputation. It is a consistent commitment in everything we do - unchanging and unwavering. We are accountable to lead by example and uphold the highest standards of integrity. Our honor is beyond reproach, so others are confident trusting us with their reputations, and even their lives.
Pursuit of Excellence. We take pride in building a company on the pursuit of excellence, and making that our calling card. We continually dedicate ourselves to excellence in contract fulfillment and mission requirements. We achieve notable outcomes, delivering high quality services while seeking ongoing improvement. We believe efficiency is key to creating maximum value with well-placed resources.
Passion with a Purpose. We are strategic in our staff selection process, ensuring that we bring on team members who are selected not only for their technical expertise and relevant experience, but those who are truly passionate about their work execution. We call this Passion with a Purpose - an driven focus on the mission of our customers, consistently exceeding their expectations.