Senior Systems Engineer: TS/SCI and POLY Required - Serco North America

Serco is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support a network infrastructure team and work closely with Government tech leads to analyze system requirements and drive network innovation and efficiencies! If you love high profile and challenging work supporting the US Government, this is a great opportunity for you! Bring your technical expertise and collaborative skills to make an impact here at Serco. You will be on a critical team working with the customer at our Maryland location.

This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain/transfer a TS/SCI with Poly clearance.

This position is contingent upon customer requirements and/or their approval.

In this role, you will:

• Experience working in: an agile/DevOps environment, with authentication types (identity stores, certs, keys, RBAC); with routing and switching, fiber and copper network connections, with automation and orchestration tools like Salt, Ansible; with scripting languages (ie Perl, Bash, Python).
• Network Function Virtualization: Virtual router/Switch, Virtual FW, Virtual Load Balancers;
• Knowledge on supporting VLANs, in an IP fabric (VXLAN, EVPN);
• Network Drawings and creation of SOPs, Best Practice Guides, and System Network interface requirements documents;
• IP fabric underlay and overlay concepts;
• Development of Architectures and creating comprehensive network designs for network upgrades and depreciated replacements;
• Plan integration, scaling, route and security policies and enforcement points and methodologies;
• Software defined networking (SDN) Network Disaggregation technologies and methodologies along with open source solutions;
• Plan, analyze, document, and deploy defense in depth initiatives in the data centers to accurately protect the network;
• Monitoring of route path selections (eBGP, IBGP), advertisement of VXLAN via EVPN and the modification of leafs (access ports) using automation tools such as Python, (PyEZ, Ansible, or Netconf).

To be successful in this role, you will have: 

• An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related subject. 
• 10 years of demonstrated experience.
• Proven working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Unix/Linux based environments.
• Solid network knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP).

If you are interested in supporting and working with our Maryland government customer and joining a passionate Serco team, then submit your application now for immediate consideration.  It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco. If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

Candidates may be asked to present proof of identify during the selection process. If requested, this will require presentation of a government-issued I.D. (with photo) with name and address that match the information entered on the application. Serco will not take possession of or retain/store the information provided as proof of identity. For more information on how Serco uses your information, please see our Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice.

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