Principal Network Engineer

Job Description
BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.
At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.
In this position, you will be responsible for router/switch/firewall configuration and security management of an environment that includes networking equipment from several different manufacturers, as well as Windows/Linux servers, databases, VMware and security hardware & software. The network includes local and geographically dispersed LAN enclaves connected by WAN links.
You will be part of a team that builds, maintains, and delivers cloud, network, security, and O&M services across multiple classification levels in the environment. You will plan and design network components/configurations to ensure that resources (hardware/software) are in place to enable the team to monitor and manage the IT system infrastructure and all processes and components related to these systems (both hardware and software).
In addition, you will engineer solutions for expanding capacity, improving response time, and streamlining network operations throughout the internal and operational systems, will monitor and analyze mission critical networks and servers, and will set up, manage, and maintain security management and application performance optimization functions across internal and customer systems.
Responsibilities include:

• Designs, Constructs, tests and implements integrated network, hardware and software solutions, distributed computing solutions, and/or physical and logical communications networks for the organization.
• Provides Tier 2 and Tier 3 support to service requests and trouble tickets to include Move, Add, and change requests for the enterprise transport.
• Must be able to write and execute detailed network implementations such as topology and rack elevation diagrams.
• Provides technical consulting on high level network designs, platform sizing, infrastructure system design and the application of new technologies.
• Applies extensive industry and enterprise knowledge to identify and recommend integrated solutions, products and services to support the enterprise's accomplishments of business goals or technical needs.
• Able to work on-call nights and weekends if needed to ensure transport availability or to meet service level agreements (SLAs)
• Provide network administration support for development, deployment, and problem identification and remediation of the enterprise network environment.
• Provide technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects and maintain good inter-departmental relations.
• Assess the impact of system changes to the team and to the infrastructure.
• Provide written and in-person status to leadership.
• Respond to system network, operations, and maintenance problems while off duty, on an on-call basis.
• Ability to travel to sites across the US

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Minimum 10 years demonstrated experience engineering, implementing, and maintaining geographically dispersed unclassified and classified networks supporting 1,000 or more users.
• Certifications: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) passed Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (300-415 ENSDWI) Exam.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Software Defined Networking (Cisco technologies preferred)
  • Deployment and Administration of ISE in the SD-WAN environment.
  • Ability to implement SD-WAN and VLAN devices to a cloud solution.
• Experience with Fire Power Firewalls and FMC
• Experience with Call Manager (CUCM) and IPsec SD-WAN tunnels at the Network Architecture level of implementation.
• Experience leading and managing a team of junior network professionals
• Must be able to support limited instances of providing after-hours support for network administration, operations, and maintenance problems.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• 15 year's experience engineering, implementing, and maintaining geographically dispersed unclassified and classified networks supporting 1,000 or more users.
• Experience designing, implementing and maintaining VMWare and Nutanix based virtual infrastructure

Experience with any or all of the following technologies: Cisco Nexus/Catalyst/ASA/ISR/XE, Splunk, SentinelOne, AWS, and/or Microsoft Azure.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $146670 - $249330
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do-from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.