Network Engineer Mid
Job Summary
The Network Engineer Mid provides daily engineering and operational support for SEC enterprise data services, focusing on routing, switching, and load balancing. This role ensures secure, reliable service delivery and contributes to continuous improvements in network performance and availability. The position requires a candidate based within a 2-3 hour driving distance of Washington, DC for regular onsite maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Manage daily enterprise network operations (routing, switching, load balancing).
- Perform incident detection, triage, and rapid service restoration.
- Implement network configuration changes and optimize performance.
- Maintain network documentation, SOPs, and compliance standards.
Required Skills
- 4+ years of network engineering experience
- Advanced routing, switching, and load balancing
- Data network monitoring and incident response
- Experience with LAN/WAN/WLAN/VPN environments
Job Details
### Primary Responsibilities
- Network Operations and Administration: Manage daily operations of enterprise data networks, including routing, switching, load balancing, and core connectivity services.
- Perform day-to-day activities to manage data services across production environments.
- Execute moves, adds, and changes for network services while minimizing user impact.
- Coordinate with service owners to maintain network availability, capacity, and performance.
### Monitoring, Incident Response, and Service Performance
- Monitor network health using approved enterprise tools; analyze device status, traffic trends, and service indicators.
- Perform incident detection, triage, escalation, and resolution activities to restore services rapidly.
- Support operational activities, including bridge calls, status communications, and shift handoff reporting.
- Contribute to service and operational reporting by tracking performance and outage trends.
### Engineering, Optimization, and Change Execution
- Design and implement network configuration changes to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Optimize routing paths, switching behavior, and load-balancing policies to reduce latency.
- Validate network changes through testing and documented change-control processes.
- Partner with vendors and stakeholders on circuit, telecom, and managed network service issues.
### Documentation and Compliance
- Maintain accurate network documentation, including topology diagrams, configuration baselines, and SOPs.
- Ensure network operations align with SEC security, compliance, and governance requirements.
- Support root-cause analysis and problem management to prevent repeat incidents.
### Required Qualifications
- Citizenship/Work Authorization: Must meet contract requirements.
- Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- Experience: 4+ years of experience managing enterprise data networks and data services.
- Advanced hands-on experience with routing, switching, and load balancing in production environments.