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LAYIQ - Principal Cisco Engineer III at Agile Defense, Pocatello, ID

Design, implement, and provide ongoing support for networking infrastructure within and between data centers.
Serve as an advanced subject matter expert for all data center network environments.
Create and maintain network infrastructure for both bare‑metal and virtual machines, including LAN, WAN, VLAN, SDN, firewall, and load balancer configurations using OEM and third‑party tools such as NSX.
Provision and configure required networking for servers, applications, and cloud services.
Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security across the data center network infrastructure.
Monitor, diagnose, and correct network issues; develop recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks.
Provide real‑time alerts and implement proactive remediation, including redesigns or technology refreshes.
Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for all network components.
Ensure the highest levels of network availability, performance, redundancy, and resilience.
Monitor and test application performance; identify bottlenecks and collaborate with developers on solutions.
Maintain comprehensive security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
Develop and maintain automation scripts to improve operational efficiency, including automated provisioning of addresses and VLANs for IaaS.
Participate in the design of information and operational support systems.
Provide final tier support for complex network issues.
Liaise with vendors and IT personnel for troubleshooting, upgrades, and solution design.
Generate real‑time dashboards and reporting on network performance, availability, trends, and resource utilization.
Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date technical documentation, including inventory, patch levels, system configurations, access controls, and credentials.
Continually transition knowledge to government staff through training and best‑practice guidance.
Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor's degree
6 years of relavant experience
Bachelor’s degree preferred but one year of experience may be substituted for each year of educatio
Required Skills: Active and current Top-Secret clearance required
Ability to pass and maintain a CI Polygraph during employment
Cisco CCNA passed withing 6-months of start date
Preferred Skills: CCNP or DevNet Associate certificate
Cisco ACI experience
Multi‑Site Orchestrator (MSO) experience
Network Assurance Engine (NAE) experience
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) experience
Nexus Insights experience
Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC) experience
In addition, Agile Defense invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Agile’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.
Our Core Values
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
Happy
Be Infectious.
Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
Helpful
Be Supportive.
Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
Honest
Be Trustworthy.
Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
Humble
Be Grounded.
Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
Hungry
Be Eager.
Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
Hustle
Be Driven.
Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
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