Network Engineer

Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!

Axient is seeking a Network Engineer to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO.

Axient advances defense and civilian missions from aerospace to cyberspace with multi-domain test and analysis, mission engineering and operations, and advanced technologies. Our employees are the backbone of our success and deserve recognition and respect. Competitive salaries and benefits, a supportive corporate culture, and management who care about their team and their mission are just some of the ways we prioritize our employees. We provide a supportive environment that promotes work/life balance. Enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes educational assistance, professional development, wellness benefits, and adoption reimbursements.

What you will do...

Primary Role

The Network Engineer will create, manage, and sustain mission systems networks and network support environments.

Key Functions

• Network communication solutions architecture development

• Configuring, Deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining Network and infrastructure solutions

• Developing Network System Automation strategies

• Interact with technical team members from multiple organizations in a team environment.

Skills you will need...

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other Engineering / Science discipline or equivalent experience

• 5+ years' Experience in Network Solutions Design and integration

Desired Education/Experience

• 6 years of Network configuration

• 3 years in Automation practices

• 2 Years in Cloud Integration

• Security Plus Certification

Required Skills

• Strong Network programming skills in Juniper and Cisco switches, firewalls, and routers.

• Experience with Automation Tools and strategies including Ansible

• Demonstrated ability to understand enterprise level networks.

• Comfortable configuring networks to include IP schemes and basic troubleshooting.

• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks, drive projects to closure, assimilate and correlate project information in a fast-paced environment and incorporate them into deployment strategies.

• Demonstrated ability to shift from one project to another in an agile work environment.

• Ability to communicate technical approaches and details within small project teams, including team interaction and presentations.

• Ability to capture technical approaches, designs, block diagrams, and implementations in written and graphical form.

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with structured cable

• Strong motivation to expand knowledge and skills.

• Ability to approach classical problems with new ideas and innovation.

• High degree of competence in best practice developing

• Cloud infrastructure knowledge

• Understanding of basic wireless communication

• Advanced network troubleshooting experience

Travel

• This position will require overnight travel up to 10 percent of the time. Trip durations may range from overnight to several weeks.

Clearance

• Only candidates who currently possess an active Top Secret / SCI clearance will be considered. Must have ability to get Special Access. Applicants for positions which require DoD security clearance must meet eligibility requirements to include US citizenship.

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Axient LLC is a federal government contractor and must adhere to applicable safety and legal requirements, protocols, and compliance regulations as required by federal laws and governing agencies.

Job ID 2024-5986

Category Engineering - General | All Other

# of Openings 1

Location : Location US-CO-Colorado Springs

Type Regular, Full-Time

Minimum Salary USD $100,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary USD $145,000.00/Yr.

Minimum Education Requirement Bachelor's

Minimum Experience Requirement, Years 5

Clearance Requirement TS-SCI