Tier III O&M Engineer

Overview:

** Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph required. **

Rampart Technologies Corporation has an opportunity for a Tier III Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Engineer supporting various WAN and LAN networks, providing network upgrades and configuration support to the architecture team; act as subject matter expert in WAN and LAN technologies and vendors; support customer’s intra- and inter- net and other data communications systems or segments of networked system; and by providing tiered support for Network Operations Centers (NOC).

Job Location:

Aurora, Colorado

Responsibilities:

• May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.
• Participate in evaluation of new network technologies and makes recommendations to network architecture team regarding the integration of these technologies into the existing network.
• Ensures that plans for hardware and communications are adequate. Develops and implements methodologies for analysis, testing, and support of LAN and WAN networks.
• Support operations and maintain activities and administer networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and correct problems in the network while maintaining logs and records associated with reported problems or situations.
• Prepare troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels.
• Provide fault management for the network and supports performance management functions.
• Respond, isolate, and resolve network troubles. Monitor alarms and alerts to identify network elements causing network degradation or failure.
• Analyze network characteristics (e.g., traffic, connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes, and throughput); recommend procurement, removals, and modifications to network components.
• Troubleshoot complex networks that may utilize but not limited to BGP,OSPF,MPLS,EIRP,HSRP,VRRP, Port Security, SATOP, Psuedowire, VPLS, EVC.

Technical Requirements:

• 16 years of hands-on experience. Years of experience can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years of experience OR Masters and 10 years, Bachelors and 12 years, Associates and 14 years or HS and 16 years.
• Meet IAT Level 2 certification requirements

Desired Skills:

• CCNA or CCNP, JNCIS or JNCIP. Service Provider Experience Preferred.

What We can Offer You:

Are you ready to make a difference? At Rampart, we create, modernize, and deploy cutting edge software that changes the world.

Our work supports the Department of Defense and focuses on Cybersecurity & Computer Network Operations, data science and analytics, and user experience design. We create software engineering, design, and analysis services that are unparalleled within the national Intelligence Community (IC). As a result, our expertise is sought out by industry leaders and our tools are used throughout the IC community. Our team of interdisciplinary engineers develops everything from high-level software UX/UI to low-level reverse engineering and everything in between. The tools we create are unlike anything else.

If you’d like to join a group of individuals who support mission critical tasking in a cleared environment, Rampart is the place for you. Our collaborative work environment fosters creativity and innovation, which allows us to be a front-runner in our field.

Work/Life Balance
At Rampart, we recognize the importance of a healthy work-life balance. Our organization is committed to supporting our employee’s overall well-being and productivity both at work and outside of work.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We support new team members and are committed to your continued growth. At Rampart, we have a broad mix of knowledge and experience levels on our team., Our team celebrates sharing knowledge and mentorship. Our senior engineers provide one-on-one mentoring for our more junior engineers and those from non-traditional engineering backgrounds.

In addition to mentoring, we try to help our employees continually develop their skills to become more well-rounded employees. We work to assign projects and tasks that enable you to expand your skill set and take on more complex roles in the future.

Benefits
We support your well-being. We offer a comprehensive list of benefits including: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible and health spending accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), education assistance, parental leave, vacation, sick leave, and holidays.

U.S. Citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain/maintain a government security clearance. Rampart Technologies Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.