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The position performs daily\nnetwork administration, monitoring, preventative and remedial maintenance, troubleshooting,\ndocumentation, and Government-approved installations, upgrades, and cutovers. The employee coordinates outages, technical changes, and authorized support for Government-managed network security and communications equipment with the IT Supervisor, ISSM/Cybersecurity personnel, Army enterprise organizations, telecommunications providers, and customers.\nThis position is located on site in Hawthorne, NV.\nAs theNetwork Engineer 1, here’s the work you’ll do:\nMonitor LAN/WAN availability, performance, circuits, devices, and alerts; identify degrading trends, isolate faults, initiate support within 30 minutes of initial service loss, track outages through restoration, and support required notifications and updates to the PCO and ACO through authorized reporting channels.\nPerform daily LAN administration and approved preventative and remedial maintenance; install, configure, test, maintain, and troubleshoot switches, routers, VLANs, wireless equipment, network interfaces, telecommunications equipment, fiber/copper cabling, racks, patch panels, and associated cable pathways.\nSupport network surveys, engineering plans, circuit and routing evaluations, upgrades, migrations, installations, and cutovers; perform acceptance testing under Government-approved plans and coordinate HWAD-to-enterprise connectivity and telecommunications activities with authorized stakeholders. \nMaintain Government-standard network diagrams, rack elevations, cable/port records, IP and VLAN assignments, configuration backups, equipment inventories, maintenance records, and change documentation; provide technical inputs for required status reports and engineering implementation plans.\nFollow HWAD change-control, security, access, and networthiness procedures; coordinate approved network changes and device connections; assist the ISSM with authorized COMSEC equipment support and Army enterprise security-stack visual/hands-on support without independently administering Government-managed controls.\nCommunicate network status, risks, outages, corrective actions, and resource needs to the IT Supervisor and stakeholders; maintain service tickets, assist with technical handoffs and user familiarization, and support emergency or mission-essential operations as assigned.\nThis role is for you if you have these skills:\n\nThe employee must possess strong working knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, switching, routing, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, wireless networking, network monitoring, circuit operations, fiber and copper cabling, telecommunications systems, network security controls, and common network services.\nMust be able to install, configure, test, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and restore assigned network infrastructure and HWAD-to-enterprise interfaces.\nMust be proficient with network monitoring, diagnostic, logging, packet-analysis, configuration management, ticketing, and documentation tools; perform structured fault isolation; assess mission impact; identify degrading performance trends; and escalate to Government, Army enterprise, cybersecurity, or provider teams when appropriate.\nThe employee must be able to develop and maintain accurate network diagrams, cable and port records, IP/VLAN documentation, inventories, configuration backups, maintenance records, and technical procedures; support site surveys, engineering implementation plans, routing/circuit assessments, Government-approved acceptance testing, upgrades, and cutovers.\nMust understand approved change management, networthiness, access controls, security procedures, and limits on contractor authority over Government-managed equipment. Familiarity with routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption and COMSEC equipment, and Army enterprise security-stack support is preferred; controlled work must occur only when authorized and coordinated with the ISSM or responsible Government organization.\nMust demonstrate sound technical judgment, analytical and problem-solving ability, organization, clear communication, and independent prioritization based on operational risk and mission needs. 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Our staff receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees’ individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members!\nTo ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation:\nVisual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery \nBalancing (e.g., maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching etc.)\nManual Dexterity (e.g., picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses the fingers) \nStooping (e.g., bending the spine at the waist) 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