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The position’s primary work duties are network engineering, system administration, and providing technical consulting to various work-for-others projects.\n\nMajor Duties/Responsibilities\n\n*\n\nThe primary responsibility for this position is network design, configuration and troubleshooting\nResponsible for the daily secure operations of the network enclaves.\nProviding coordination, notification, escalation and documentation to resolve events/issues, efficiently minimizing customer impact.\nInterfacing with and providing outage reports to various levels of management.\nAssisting with other tasks as needed or as assigned by management.\nEnsure systems are configured and maintained per cyber security common control requirements so that accreditation is retained.\nCreate and maintain infrastructure documentation as it relates to infrastructure systems design, configuration, support, and processes.\nIdentify, create, communicate, and implement process engineering for technologies to create end-to-end service offerings.\nConduct research, cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis on proposed hardware, software and systems to justify recommendations, support purchasing efforts and aid management in making infrastructure design and architecture decisions.\nManage capacity and performance of the WAN/LAN network platforms, ensuring the integrity of the infrastructure.\nProactively monitor, test, collect and analyze system performance statistical data to improve quality of the network environment.\nDiagnose and resolve complex configuration and troubleshooting issues within a multi-vendor infrastructure.\nAdhere to a customer serviced focused culture\nQualifications Required\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.\nKnowledgeable in the use of network and configuration management. Working knowledge of Cisco IOS, Arista, JUNOS, routers, multilayer switch, and layer 2 & 3 switch configuration and deployments.\nCisco, Palo Alto, Juniper firewall experience highly desired.\nKnowledge of Cisco, Arista and Juniper Routers/Switches including Catalyst, Nexus, MX, EX, SRX.\nKnowledge of Python, REST-API, Shell Scripting and other scripting languages highly desired.\nFamiliarity with JSON and YAML data structures.\nAlgosec or other firewall management tools.\nNetwork Security knowledge, including familiarity with Zero Trust.\nClient VPN technologies, such as Cisco AnyConnect, Global Protect.\nImplementation and Design of IPSEC VPN.\nDesign, implement, and operate a multi-datacenter network.\nFamiliarity with IPv6 implementations.\nExperience with vulnerability scanning.\nGood oral communication and technical writing skills.\nGood problem-solving skills and the ability to visualize a problem or situation and think abstractly to solve it.\nAbility to handle constantly changing work priorities, to be able to multitask effectively during busy times, and to exercise patience and professionalism during stressful situations.\nAbility to work responsibly with or without supervision.\nWorking knowledge of routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, etc.)\nMust be sufficient in Microsoft Visio.","company":"Itr","rawCompany":"itr","city":"Oak Ridge","state":"TN","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:19:24.289Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1241.00","title":"Computer Network Architects","slug":"computer-network-architects"},{"code":"15-1231.00","title":"Computer Network Support Specialists","slug":"computer-network-support-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541513","title":"Computer Facilities Management Services","slug":"computer-facilities-management-services"},{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Network Engineer","description":"Apply now »\n\nOverview:\nEast Tennessee is seeking qualified applications for the position of Network Engineer. The position’s primary work duties are network engineering, system administration, and providing technical consulting to various work-for-others projects.\n\nMajor Duties/Responsibilities\n\n*\n\nThe primary responsibility for this position is network design, configuration and troubleshooting\nResponsible for the daily secure operations of the network enclaves.\nProviding coordination, notification, escalation and documentation to resolve events/issues, efficiently minimizing customer impact.\nInterfacing with and providing outage reports to various levels of management.\nAssisting with other tasks as needed or as assigned by management.\nEnsure systems are configured and maintained per cyber security common control requirements so that accreditation is retained.\nCreate and maintain infrastructure documentation as it relates to infrastructure systems design, configuration, support, and processes.\nIdentify, create, communicate, and implement process engineering for technologies to create end-to-end service offerings.\nConduct research, cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis on proposed hardware, software and systems to justify recommendations, support purchasing efforts and aid management in making infrastructure design and architecture decisions.\nManage capacity and performance of the WAN/LAN network platforms, ensuring the integrity of the infrastructure.\nProactively monitor, test, collect and analyze system performance statistical data to improve quality of the network environment.\nDiagnose and resolve complex configuration and troubleshooting issues within a multi-vendor infrastructure.\nAdhere to a customer serviced focused culture\nQualifications Required\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.\nKnowledgeable in the use of network and configuration management. Working knowledge of Cisco IOS, Arista, JUNOS, routers, multilayer switch, and layer 2 & 3 switch configuration and deployments.\nCisco, Palo Alto, Juniper firewall experience highly desired.\nKnowledge of Cisco, Arista and Juniper Routers/Switches including Catalyst, Nexus, MX, EX, SRX.\nKnowledge of Python, REST-API, Shell Scripting and other scripting languages highly desired.\nFamiliarity with JSON and YAML data structures.\nAlgosec or other firewall management tools.\nNetwork Security knowledge, including familiarity with Zero Trust.\nClient VPN technologies, such as Cisco AnyConnect, Global Protect.\nImplementation and Design of IPSEC VPN.\nDesign, implement, and operate a multi-datacenter network.\nFamiliarity with IPv6 implementations.\nExperience with vulnerability scanning.\nGood oral communication and technical writing skills.\nGood problem-solving skills and the ability to visualize a problem or situation and think abstractly to solve it.\nAbility to handle constantly changing work priorities, to be able to multitask effectively during busy times, and to exercise patience and professionalism during stressful situations.\nAbility to work responsibly with or without supervision.\nWorking knowledge of routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, etc.)\nMust be sufficient in Microsoft Visio.","datePosted":"2026-04-12T20:19:24.289Z","dateModified":"2026-04-12T20:19:24.289Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Itr","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Oak Ridge","addressRegion":"TN","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"ecd362a70e9badbcb33e01d3"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ecd362a70e9badbcb33e01d3"}}