Location: Patuxent River, MD (hybrid-potential to work from home 2 days per week)

Number of openings : 2; contingent pending customer approval.

Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency.

Background:

Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.

We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Network Engineer to join our team providing support to a large enterprise IT system in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Designing network, VoIP, VTC, and workstation solutions while following established security guidelines and customer specifications

• Responsible for the overall integration of a total network (black and red) including the design, installation, maintenance, management, and coordination of a moderately sized and constantly growing network with multiple external services

• Creating and maintaining documentation, diagrams, and standard operating procedures

• Working with the other internal support teams to devise solutions for complex operational problems within multiple data centers and a distributed IT infrastructure

• Providing guidance and training for network administrators, service desk personnel and junior
  engineers

• Working with multiple vendors, subject matter experts, and service providers

• Diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving issues related to a wide range of areas including: initially setting up, maintaining, or recovering customer sites, telecommunications circuits, routing and switching, Cisco VoIP, VTC, network encryption devices, Cisco Data Center, Cisco Security, and network printers.

• Efficiently resolving escalated trouble tickets

• Ensuring the network environment has STIGs properly applied and implementing necessary security controls

• Providing client consulting and training on interfacing with various types of hardware and software

• Participating on project teams responsible for a variety of engineering tasks

• Attention to detail, ability to work independently, organization/time management skills

Required Qualifications:

• DoD 8140 IAT Level II required: Security+CE
• Computing Environment (CE) certification in Cisco technology (CCNA level) required and (CCNP) desired
• Knowledge of or experience with networking, VoIP, VTC, data circuits (T1, T3, etc.), security hardware (firewalls, IPS), MS Windows client OS, MS Office including Visio, Word, and Excel, network encryption devices (General Dynamics TACLANE, Sectera, etc.), and virtualization
• Up to 10% travel (Local from contractor location to customer location)
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Comfortable on the CLI
• Comfortable interfacing with Government leadership
• Able to work independently and in groups while in a fast-paced work environment
• Valid US Drivers License

Desired Qualifications:

• Cisco Data Center certification
• Cisco Security certification
• Cisco Collaboration certification

Essential Job Functions:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to focus on the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental job duties that an applicant or employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.

The physical requirements of this position include:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 75% of the time
• Must be able to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery
• Must be able to position self to maintain office supplies on variable height shelving.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations
• Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Frequently moves Audio/Visual or Computer equipment weighing up to 50 pounds across and/or around a business campus or large facility

Education Qualifications:

• Requires a BS in Computer Science, Math or Engineering or equivalent years of experience

Years of Experience:

• 8 years of general experience, or 6 years of specialized experience required. 4 years of experience may be substituted for degree.

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.