CORE NETWORK ENGINEER Location: Chantilly, VA 20151 (Onsite), Look nearby candidatesDuration: 12 monthsVisa type; W2 contract (Direct hire) Clearance Required: Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly. As a Network Engineer, you will: Network Engineer support to the customers computer data communications systems, providing event management and advanced incident troubleshooting. Additional support is provided for design specifications, testing, and inspections for computer networks; planning and implementing upgrades; and analyzing and organizing corresponding hardware and software combined solutions through network modelling. Support the installation and maintenance of the clients Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) devices. Respond to and resolve escalated incident tickets. Provide support to Tier III network engineers for incident management and projects (site surveys and coordination and installation of new equipment) Troubleshoot incident tickets escalated from the Network Operations Center (NOC). Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades. Perform configuration management functions such as updating topology drawings, ensuring asset management records are accurate, and inventory. Major functions: Layer 1, 2, and 3 network experience Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)) Participate in the evaluation of new network technologies and provide recommendations to the network architecture team regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network. Ensures that plans for hardware and communications are adequate. Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, and support of LAN and WAN networks. Leverage various network tools to analyze and isolate customer-impacting events on the network. Ensure operational network equipment is compliant with current software recommendations and configuration baselines. Draft and review process documentation used by network operations personnel. Communicate and troubleshoot with vendors and other service providers to efficiently resolve incidents. Diagnose hardware and software problems and coordinate the replacement of defective components. Support operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all network device configurations. Technical/Functional skills: Knowledge of Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS), Juniper JUNOS, Brocade, and Foundry Operating System (OS) Strong familiarity with Layer 3 protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label-switched Path (LSP), Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF), and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Familiarity with Microsoft Visio and ServiceNow Familiarity with HP/Microfocus network tools, such as Network Node Manager (NNM), Network Automation (NA), Operations Bridge Manager (OBM), etc. The ideal candidate will have: Candidate must have 10 years of experience which can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a masters and 4 years, a bachelors and 6 years, an associates and 8 years, or HS and 10+ years. Twelve years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. Must comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2. Additional required qualifications include: Previous experience with Riverbed network tools, including NetProfiler and AppResponse