Network Engineer (Journeyman)

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Network EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud
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Key Responsibilities

Configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus data-center switching environments.

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Network EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud

DecisionPoint seeks four Journeyman Network Engineers to support data-center networking, software-defined networking, enterprise connectivity, infrastructure modernization, and outage restoration for the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. 

The Network Engineers will provide hands-on technical support for Cisco Nexus and Application Centric Infrastructure environments, software-defined networking, top-of-rack switching, and data-center connectivity. These positions will support network installations, technology refreshes, maintenance activities, service outages, and equipment-relocation cutovers. 

The Network Engineers will work with senior network engineers, network leadership, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, Government stakeholders, vendors, and the Outage Response Team to maintain secure, reliable, and resilient network services. 

These positions are remote. Travel or on-site support may be required for installations, site surveys, equipment refreshes, outages, or relocation cutovers. Work outside normal business hours may also be required during maintenance windows or mission-critical events. 

Responsibilities

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  • →Active Secret clearance or higher. 
  • →Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
  • →Between 3 and 7 years of relevant network engineering, network administration, data-center networking, or enterprise infrastructure experience. 
  • →Current Cisco Certified Network Professional certification. 

Requirements

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  • Hands-on experience supporting Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. 
  • Experience supporting ACI tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, endpoint groups, contracts, Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers, and external network connectivity. 
  • Experience with software-defined networking and policy-based data-center network architectures. 
  • Experience configuring top-of-rack switches, virtual port channels, port channels, VLANs, trunks, routing, and redundant network paths. 
  • Experience supporting data-center connectivity among compute, storage, virtualization, cloud, security, and network platforms. 
  • Experience supporting network installations, hardware refreshes, migrations, maintenance activities, and relocation cutovers. 
  • Experience executing method-of-procedure documents, implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, and cutover checklists. 
  • Experience supporting network-related outages, service restoration, vendor escalation, and root-cause analysis. 
  • Knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN routing, and Quality of Service. 
  • Experience supporting WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, circuits, firewalls, VPNs, wireless infrastructure, load balancers, and cloud connectivity. 
  • Experience with network-monitoring, configuration-management, performance-management, and observability platforms. 
  • Experience applying DISA STIGs or supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, and POA&M requirements. 
  • Experience maintaining network diagrams, rack layouts, as-built documentation, equipment inventories, and configuration records. 
  • Familiarity with structured cabling, patch panels, fiber connectivity, inside-plant infrastructure, and network-drop planning. 
  • Additional certifications such as CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent credentials. 
  • ITIL Foundation or higher certification. 
  • Experience working in a federal or Department of Defense network environment. 
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, change-management, and team-collaboration skills. 
  • Ability to support travel, after-hours outages, maintenance windows, installations, refreshes, and relocation cutovers when required.
  • EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
  • Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
  • Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.

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Where is the job
Us-Il-Chicago
On-site at the office
Who can apply
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Posted
October 26, 2024
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October 26, 2026
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October 26, 2026

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Network Engineer (Journeyman)