C3EL is seeking a cleared Senior Network Engineer to support the DoD medical mission. This key-personnel position ensures that complex and highly technical infrastructure requirements are addressed throughout DHA networked facilities in the Pacific region. The engineer provides regional technical leadership and high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting support for LAN/WLAN/WAN communications equipment.
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Serve as the Pacific regional point of contact for network issues, configuration management, communications interconnection, addressing, multi-protocol routing, and network management.
- Study vendor products and determine which components and configurations best meet DoD and Pacific Region medical treatment facility requirements.
- Ensure regional procedures and standards align with DoD, DHA, and DHA Pacific Regional Command objectives and policies.
- Identify, research, and resolve complex LAN, WLAN, and WAN network problems using network management and diagnostic tools.
- Provide high-level installation, configuration, documentation, management, and troubleshooting of LAN/WLAN/WAN communications equipment for DHA networked facilities.
- Advise and consult with Government staff, agencies, and contractor representatives on network design, implementation, deployment, and management to ensure optimal support of the Military Health System mission.
- Lead and coordinate Network Specialists and internal or external organizations in resolving LAN/WLAN/WAN issues.
- Troubleshoot network and routing protocols across all levels of the OSI model using tools such as Orion SolarWinds, ARMIS, and Ansible.
- Use Management Information Blocks (MIB) and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) concepts and methodologies to support performance measurement, capacity planning, high availability, and minimum downtime.
- Establish and configure network firewalls, virtual private network devices, and intrusion detection systems to strengthen LAN/WLAN/WAN security and prevent unauthorized access to medical treatment facility systems.
- Prepare written technical recommendations, document operational changes and enhancements through tickets and standards, and coordinate standards updates with the NetMOD Network Standards Team.
- Establish and implement LAN/WLAN/WAN procedures and standards that support applicable DoD, DHA, and regional command objectives and policies.
- Communicate the status of network support requests to key customers.
- Develop policies, procedures, best practices, and minimum standards for LAN/WLAN/WAN access and operations.
- Lead or participate in other projects and provide additional support as mission needs arise.
