Job Description
See what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too.
Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.
In Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems, you ll help develop systems that sense, control, exploit and disseminate actionable information to warfighters supporting a variety of missions.
Embark on a journey of innovation with BAE Systems' Platform Engineering group, where we seek a self-motivated Network Engineer. In this role, you will be at the forefront of implementing robust, scalable, and highly available network solutions. We are looking for a Network specialist with experience in network architecture, implementation, and operations. This position is a valued member within the Platform Engineering (PE) team. The Network specialist is at the forefront of implementing robust and advanced network infrastructure across a multi-region private cloud. The Network specialist works closely with specialists from the Operations, Platform DevOps, Site Reliability, and Security teams to architect, implement, evolve, and maintain the next generation Platform Engineering network.
Our organization provides an enterprise grade engineering development environment so that engineers can rapidly experiment and prototype new technologies. Your responsibility extends beyond solving existing problems; it's about anticipating and addressing future capacity, demand, and technological needs. We believe in investing in our people and training is available to achieve appropriate vendor certifications for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering and Design
Support and deploy complex multi-site, multi-tenant networks, which enforce traffic segregation
Support document outages, implementation changes, and system reference architectures
Implement industry best practices for network design and implementation
Maintain current documentation for network infrastructure
Operations and support
Leverage network orchestration technologies like Juniper Apstra, or Cisco vManage
Install, configure, maintain, and decommission data center network infrastructure
Use routing protocols like BGP or OSPF to interconnect networks, and to build highly available datacenter services
Operate in a mixed hardware environment and work with diverse product vendors
Incident Response
Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, support a blameless post-mortems culture
Troubleshoot complex issues that arise on development and interconnected networks
Automation
Use existing tools to automate network operations to increase efficiency, enforce configurations, and ensure repeatability with tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Python
Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship status.
Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Professional Skills
Experience troubleshooting and resolving problems in a production environment
Ability to research solutions to problems and propose viable solutions
Ability to work with multiple teams to accomplish complex tasks
Comfortable working with multiple vendors in a heterogeneous environment
Must be able to obtain a Security or equivalent security certification within 6 months of starting
Technical skills:
Familiarity with at least one virtualization platform such as VMware, Azure Stack, or Open Stack
Experience with at least one LAN switching technology such as VLANS, spanning tree, and ether-channel
Familiarity with network routing protocols such as Static OSPF & BGP
Comfortable with Firewall routing, policy, and inspection
Familiarity with configuring and managing NAT devices
Experience with IP-Sec VPNs and GRE
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Experience with various WAN technologies such as MPLS and Ethernet
Knowledge of network virtualization and SD-WAN
A basic knowledge of programming languages like Python
Experience with Juniper network devices and Apstra network orchestration tools
Understand EVPN-VXLAN overlay architectures
Familiarity with multicast technologies and anycast routing
Experience in data center cabling and networking standards
Familiarity with public cloud technologies
Security or equivalent certification
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $92290 - $156860
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Network Engineer
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