Cisco Network Designer (mid Or Senior) - Secret Clearance

Network Designer (Mid-Level or Senior)

LaunchCode is recruiting for a Network Designer (Mid-Level or Senior) to work at one of our partner companies! This position will focus on supporting our company partner Global services and Technology business organization. A successful candidate will understand the importance of collaboration as these positions will focus on working directly with Information Technology (IT) Business Success Leaders and stakeholders to implement and maintain communications and network systems enabling the business to meet their organizational and program goals.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads and performs the identification, analysis, and documentation of requirements for network LAN technologies and services based on customer goals, objectives, cost and security constraints, to lead the design process
• Works collaboratively with other stakeholders in focused, agile-inspired sprint teams
• Provides oversight and consultation of work intake processes, backlog and execution of requests, coordinating with IT Business leaders, Product Owners and Scrum Masters
• Creates and documents designs that conform to architectural and security standards to meet customer requirements, using design templates and standard implementation packages
• Prepares, deploys, and coordinates installation of complex implementation packages per company standards
• Provides Level 3 Incident/Problem Management support in preventative, proactive and reactive maintenance to meet service restoration and network availability objectives, using network analysis and monitoring tools
• Supports and participates in component research to provide input for more comprehensive evaluation
• Leads and performs implementation planning for tactical multi-technology insertion projects, using established project management methodologies for the purpose of controlling costs and ensuring adherence to project plan
• Exercises critical thinking and innovative problem solving

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Active IAT Level 2 certifications per DoD Instruction 8570 (8140)
• 3+ years of experience with Cisco routers and switches & Cisco IOS implementations
• 3+ years of experience with Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• 3+ years of experience with Splunk/Syslog and log forwarding
• 3+ years of experience with LAN technologies: Layer2, Layer3, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, IP Multicast, IP QoS, DHCP, NTP
• Experience with Bill of Materials based on design/project requirements
• Ability to support after-hours change windows and implementations
• Willing to cover on call shifts, including weekends and after hours

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Current CCNA, CCNP or other Cisco Certification
• Experience with IPSEC and GRE tunnel configurations
• Experience with Zero Trust
• Experience with DoD Comply to Connect requirements
• Experience with SIPR/SDREN/DREN requirements
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 type 1 encryptors
• Experience with VRFs
• Experience with Network Segmentation