Network Engineer (Experienced)

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Salary Range

$73,900 - $166,800
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

What Your Job Will Be Like

An exciting opportunity currently exists within department 9774, Data Center Services. We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join our dynamic team! The successful candidate will demonstrate technical proficiency with networking technologies, such as WAN, LAN, and firewall technologies, in order to design, implement, operate, maintain, and successfully identify and resolve issues within our Data Center network services.
On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Serve in multiple technical networking areas such as Routing/Switching, Firewalls, Encryption, and High-Performance Computing
• Handle customer relationships and expectations by translating customer needs to deliver appropriate technical solutions

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information and Communication Technology related field plus five (5) years' experience, or a Master's degree in a related field plus one (1) year of experience, or an Associate's degree in a related field plus nine (9) years' experience, a PhD in a related field, or thirteen (13) years of experience.
  • Enterprise networking experience in the following:
  • Routing/ Switching
  • Network troubleshooting and problem resolution
  • Data center networking
• Ability to interpret new business requirements and propose suitable architecture solutions
• Ability to obtain and maintain a required DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Experience with packet capture analyzers and performance monitoring
• Ability to translate customer requirements into design criteria
• Experience developing an enterprise system architecture
• Extensive knowledge of BGP and IBGP routing
• Dual-stack (IPV4 and IPv6) network implementation experience
• Deep knowledge of network equipment (Cisco, Arista, Tellabs, Extreme, Juniper, etc.)
• Understanding of cyber security implementation in large secure networks
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical infrastructure needs in enterprise networking
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Familiarity with automation tools and technologies such as Ansible.
• Familiar with SDN Methodologies
• Ability to travel and represent SNL during vendor Executive and Technical Briefing conferences
• Ability to work beyond normal business hours when needed
• Demonstrated ability to mentor internal and external staff as needed

About Our Team

Department 9774, Data Center Operations, is responsible for leading the daily activities of critical IT services. This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in many 24x7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories. The ESS team serves as the central point for all Enterprise storage services. Our backup team ensures recovery for physical, virtual, and appliance-based systems. Our virtualization team supports enterprise virtualization infrastructure, virtual hosting services, and private cloud automation platform. Lastly, the Core Networking and Software Defined Networking teams ensure application and service availability, connectivity, resiliency, to both internal and external customers. All these services operate on both the unclassified and classified levels.

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.