Tier III Network Engineer - Expert (Government)

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located at customer's site.

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government.   We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.

Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community, providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.

AT&T has an opening for a Tier 3 Network Engineer to support the  24x7 Network Operations Center in providing Tier 3 network service and superior troubleshooting expertise. 

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide Tier 3 support to the Network Operations Center (NOC).  
• Supports an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), customer networks, Intranet and Internet and other data communications systems or a segment of a network system.  
• Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.  
• Maintain network hardware and software.  
• Proactively identify risks in the network and develop a plan to mitigate them.  
• Supports numerous business requirements for telecommunications (e.g., LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice and Video).  

Required Clearance:

TSSCI with poly (#tssci) (#polygraph)

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced networking qualifications including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, LAMBDA. LAN/MAN/WAN/Optical specialization.  
• Utilization of common ticket systems (Remedy, ServiceNow) and common network management tools (HPOV, HPNA, Solarwinds, MNS, Netcool, etc).  
• Must have hands on troubleshooting and fault isolation of IT business systems.  
• Must have a strong understanding of the OSI model and configuration of routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, LDP. 
• Candidate must have a total of 12 years of applicable experience. The experience can be a combination of degree and work history. This can be a High School degree and 12 years of work history OR an Associate’s and 10 years, a Bachelors’ and 8 years, a Masters and 6 years or a PhD and 4 years of work history.  

Desired Qualifications:

• Preferred network certifications Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Juniper JNCIA, JNCIS, or JNCIE, ITIL Foundations, and/or CISSP