Job summary:

Job description:

**** W2 or 1099 Only - No c2c *** F2F Interview - reasonable expenses will be paid for F2F Interview *****Very long term project; initial PO till 9/30/2019 with multi year extensions ***Onsite; no remote ***

Work involves the analysis, planning, design, implementation, documentation, assessment, and management of the infrastructure communications and network architecture to align IT strategy, plans, and networks with the mission, goals, structure, and processes of the organization.  

Develop architectural strategy, including technology standardization and modernization for all District’s enterprise and service provider networks supporting Unified Communications, and Data Security initiatives:

•     Participate in high level business and technical meetings to identify potential network engineering projects.
•     Perform gap analysis and suggest solutions to meet customer needs.
•     Develop reference architecture and strategic road maps.
•     Gather and analyze data and develop requirements at project level.
•     Provide support to the Network Operations and Engineering teams for all DC-Net products and platforms.

Detailed Responsibilities Include:

•     Plan, design and implement LAN/WAN/Security solutions that are in line with industry standards and meet government regulatory compliance
•     Review, assess, and recommend network standards to support, routing & switching, data centers, cloud-based architectures
•     Evaluate the current state of the network, provide recommendations and implement solution to ensure the network architecture are updated with latest industry best practices.
•     Produce High Level Design and Low Level Design documentation for network projects. 
•     Produce and participate in RFP development for new products and services 
•     Develop Statement of Work, Bill of Material and supporting documents for products and solutions that meet Government procurement process.
•     Participate and perform regular network audits to ensure adherence to government security and regulatory compliance. 
•     Participate on operational support calls by troubleshooting and providing root cause analysis report for critical network failures.
•        Collaborate with external telecommunication and network firms to resolve issues with external service providers
•     Peer review network configuration changes and provide training to empower engineers and operational staff on performing network infrastructure support and maintenance
•     Provide Tier 4 support for all operational related issues escalated via Tier 2/3 engineers

Required Skills

• 16 years experience with BS degree or total 20 years experience
• 10+ yrs Demonstrated experience as a network design engineer or architect
• 16+ yrs preparing complex technical documentation
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ yrs Experience supporting Tier 2/3 technicians as well as end users
• 5+ yrs Hands on experience creating functional and technical design documentation
• 5+ yrs Hands on Experience with configuration of routing protocols: BGP and OSPF
• 3+ yrs Hands on experience with Cisco Data Center Nexus 5k,7k,and 9k Switches
• 3+ yrs Experience developing technical presentations and presenting to technical and non technical audiences
• 3+ yrs Ciena networking platform
• CCIE with Lab certification required

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Rajendra Reddy
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 4706751
His/her contact email is rajr@msysinc.com

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