Fort Meade, MD, 20755, USA
81 days ago
MAC Team Network Engineer
Competitive Range partners with the government to plan and deploy complex, IT-enabled, and mission-essential capabilities. Our goal is to help you develop and expand your professional capabilities while working on challenging, exciting projects in a collaborative, congenial environment. Competitive Range Solutions requires the expertise of a talented and experienced MAC Team Network Engineer to assist in directing and managing the program's executive support group. The candidate must reference their ability and experience working in a Department of Defense (DoD) customer environment and effective integration with a government multi-contractor team. The MAC Team Network Engineer is critical in facilitating Moves, Adds, and Changes (MACs) across our network infrastructure, ensuring high reliability and performance. This position requires a deep understanding of network configurations, VLAN management, VPN routing and forwarding, and technical expertise to manage activations, deactivations, installations, relocations, and network equipment upgrades. Roles and Responsibilities: + Execute MACs efficiently, encompassing hardware moves, port activations/deactivations, VLAN extensions, and more, using existing materials to complete tasks efficiently and effectively. + Provide technical support for a range of network activities, including but not limited to configuring VPN Routing and Forwarding, managing VLANs, and supporting site-to-site VPNs within the DoD accreditation boundary. + Adhere to DoD's change management process for tracking and executing MACs through service request tickets, ensuring timely and accurate completion of network modifications, upgrades, or deactivations. + Conduct root-cause analysis for network-related issues, contributing to weekly trouble tickets analysis and the Monthly MAC Report to identify and resolve recurring problems. + Utilize tracking systems for MAC requests, ensure customer accessibility and government oversight, and maintain detailed documentation of all changes and configurations. + Assist in developing and maintaining SLAs and user agreements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with customer expectations and scope of work. + Responsible for leading a team to execute Moves, Adds, and Changes (MACs). + Responsible for coordinating with customers' various internal teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of MACs, including installations, activations, modifications, upgrades, and deactivations of ports and circuits. + Track and execute MACs via service request tickets. + Conduct root-cause analysis on recurring problems related to MACs, networks, and systems. + Prepare and submit Change Requests for MACs, track all MAC requests via service request tracking, and provide client and leadership oversight for program tracking. + Responsible for preparing monthly reports regarding MACs. + Provision Voice MACs, including line provisioning and phone deployment, ensuring full mission capability to the customer. + Responsible for gathering and verifying client requirements and documenting all changes. Qualifications/Experience: + Active TS/SCI clearance + 7+ years of experience as Network Engineers. + Proven network engineering experience in MACs in a large-scale, dynamic environment. + Strong technical knowledge of network hardware, protocols, and standards, including experience with VPNs, VLANs, and network configurations. + Certification in network engineering (e.g., CCNA, CCNP) is highly desirable. + Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and fix network issues promptly. + Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. + Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work under pressure to meet deadlines. Education/Certifications: + Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. + DoDI 8140 IAT Level II + DoD 8570 Compliance + Network Administration/Engineer Certification.
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