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The Swift Group

Network Engineer

The Swift Group, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, 21403

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For the

OPS Consulting

team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

We’re seeking a skilled

Network Engineer

to join our dynamic team in

Annapolis Junction, MD .

In this role, you’ll play a critical part in supporting and evolving our enterprise network infrastructure. You’ll be responsible for designing and implementing system-level network architectures, enforcing security boundaries, and supporting datacenter virtualization. This position requires deep expertise in CAN/MAN/LAN environments, packet capture and analysis tools, and a strong command of the TCP/IP protocol stack, routing and switching protocols, stateful firewalls, and L3/L4 access control mechanisms.

Responsibilities

Cisco IOS, CatOS, NxOS, filter and access control, Ciscoworks, TACACS+, ASA, FWSM, HP Openview, Cisco routers, Cisco Switches, F5/Cisco load balancers, Infiniband, Juniper, FiberChannel (FC) SAN, and VPN (IPSEC)

Physical installation and configuration and troubleshooting of network routers, switches, load balancers and security devices.

Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol stack and routing and switching protocols.

Strong working knowledge of L2/L3 protocols.

Strong working knowledge of stateful firewalls, and L3 access controls.

Working knowledge of Atlassian Tool Suite.

Able to support on‑call requirements.

Able to work in live call environment and utilize remedy and/or other ticketing system to track tasking.

Virtualization products; VMWare and Solaris containers.

Requirements

At least five (5) years of experience as a NE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional NE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree for a total of 10 years experience.

Must have datacenter network design and architecture experience to include installation and configuration of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, and IPSEC virtual private networks.

Desired Experience

A strong understanding of High Performance Computing (HPC) environments.

Hands‑on experience with Infiniband and low‑latency interconnects in HPC clusters

Familiarity with RDMA, QoS tuning, and network fabric optimization for compute‑intensive workloads

Working knowledge of FiberChannel (FC) SAN, iSCSI, and data throughput tuning

Experience integrating storage networks with HPC compute nodes

Security Clearance

A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.

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