Requires Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly
Description: You will be working to understand operational requirements to design, develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain operational network infrastructure. You will be working as part of a team to build infrastructure capabilities including tool development as part of a continuous integration/continuous deployment infrastructure. You will have the freedom to identify problems, test and deploy solutions, and most importantly see your work in action! You will work with a diverse team of analysts and operators to identify these problems, and watch mission utilize what you’ve built on a daily basis.
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain automated solutions for Catalyst Center, ISE, and SD-WAN environments
- Build automation workflows and policies for provisioning, configuration, and security enforcement.
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance automated processes for scalability and resiliency.
- Provide increased visibility of underlying systems and rules for the system administrators on the team; programmatically alert the team to items that require their immediate attention.
- Utilize metrics to understand the health of the network and identify and resolve issues.
- Emphasize customer communication and gather feedback on project status and results.
Skills Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of Cisco technologies, including Catalyst Center, ISE, Cisco SD-WAN, and enterprise routing/switching.
- Proficient in network automation and scripting.
- Expert in enterprise network protocols and software defined networking.
- Experience with version control systems.
- Competency in a dedicated Linux environment.
- Experience automating manual processes.
Nice to Haves:
- Industry certification such as CCIE/CCNP/Cisco DevNet.
- Experience deploying and running open-source tools at the agency.
- Experience working with containerization platforms.
YOE Requirement: 12 yrs, B.S. or 4 additional yrs in place of B.S.