Senior Network Architect

KBR•Fulton, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. Why Join Us? Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Requirements

Top Secret with SCI
Minimum 5 years of Cisco experience; proven expertise with Cisco network hardware including: routers, switches, firewalls, unified communications equipment
Proven experience in VMware environments
Proven experience in virtual and physical Internet Protocol and Fiber Channel networks and routing protocols
Proven experience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting LAN, WAN and low bandwidth networks protected by network encryptors
Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF), DODAF 2.0 standards, and Change Management Processes to ensure smooth network updates and configurations
Experience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting LAN, WAN and low bandwidth networks protected by network encryptors
Experience designing VMware NSX environments utilizing Software Defined Networking (SDN) principles
Experience utilizing network management solutions based on Netflow and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Information Assurance Certifications consistent with the 8570 IAT Level III
Current ITIL Foundation certification
Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) and VMware VCP-NV certifications or a combination of the following Cisco certifications with other relevant network virtualization and cloud certifications: CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure CCIE Service Provider CCIE Data Center
At least one of the following: Cisco Certified Specialist -Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation Cisco Certified DevNet Expert VMware Certified Advance Professional Network Virtualization Design (VCAO-NV)
At least one of the following: Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate AWS Certified Advance Networking -Specialty

Nice To Haves

Minimum 10 years of CISCO (or similar) experience; 5 years of VMware experience utilizing virtual, physical Internet Protocol/Fiber Channel networks, and routing protocols
Knowledge of DISN (Department of Defense Information Network) or CANES (Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enter

Responsibilities

Planning, modeling, simulation, design, installation, maintenance, management, and coordination of the network
Tests and analyzes elements of network facilities, including power, software, security features, communications devices, communications lines, modems, and terminals and is responsible for the overall integration of the enterprise network. is also responsible for planning, modeling, simulation, design, installation, maintenance, management, and coordination of the network
Review and analyze the existing network architecture and provide designs for the current and future modern WAN/MAN/LAN technologies
Recommend best practices such as SDN, Intent-based networking, and network segmentation protocols, etc., in order to improve the existing architecture and meet new networking requirements and standards
Design telecommunications circuit specifications
Identify the need for routers, switches, and encryption devices to support enterprise services
Deliver service catalog items for automatically provisioning network configurations to deliver Infrastructure-as -Code
Develop and maintain network architecture specifications and artifacts
Designs and plans network communications systems. Provides specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture
Conducts cost/benefit analysis and provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
Conducts testing of network design
Responsible for monitoring network hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options
Plans implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the network
Advises network users of hardware requirements, configurations, and limitations
Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc
Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network