Network Engineer

Job Duties

• This resource will be responsible for:
• Leading the OET in network architecture and design, including:
• Scalability and capacity planning,
• Hardware evaluation and selection,
• Designing effective efficient infrastructure solutions to meet various MDH needs,
• Configuration, testing, and deployment of Cisco network infrastructure equipment
• Maintain the MDH Cisco Catalyst Center environment
• Security and Compliance
• Configuration, updates, administration, troubleshooting of FirePower appliances
• Configuration, updates, administration, troubleshooting of Cisco ISE
• Ensuring that all MDH network infrastructure components meet HIPAA, State of
• Maryland and MDH network security requirements
• Leadership and Mentorship
• Leading large-scale migrations or hardware refresh projects from start to finish
• Coaching junior and mid-level engineers to improve their technical skills
• Providing technical input for the annual IT budget
• Troubleshooting and Optimization
• Act as final point of escalation for network issues
• Using available monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks and optimize traffic flow
• Work with MDH OET Disaster Recovery SME to help create and test failover
• strategies to ensure maximum availability.

Position Requirements

Education - Candidate must possess a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or

university with a major in computer science, information systems, engineering, business,

or other related scientific or technical discipline (Note: a Master’s degree is preferred).

• General Experience - Candidate must have at least six (6) years of experience in systems
• engineering. 
• Specialized Experience – Candidate must have at least three (3) years of experience in the
• supervision of system engineers, and demonstrated use of interactive, interpretive
• systems with on-line, real-time acquisition capabilities. 
• Candidate must possess a current Enterprise CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification
• Candidate must have knowledge and experience in the following areas:
• BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
• VLANs, VPC, STP
• IPsec, SSL/TLS, zero trust architecture
• Cisco Nexus
• Cloud Connectivity (Direct Connect, ExpressRoute)
• VoIP protocols (SCCP, SIP, H.323, MGoogle Cloud Platform, RTP, SRTP. QSIG)
• Cisco ASA, FirePower, ISE, AnyConnect
• QoS
• Infrastructure as Code (Cisco Catalyst Center, Terraform)
• Monitoring tools: SolarWinds, NetFlow, Catalyst Center, SNMP
• Troubleshooting routing, switching, security, performance tuning across all layers of
• the OSI Model
• Candidate must have the ability to drive to all MDH locations located across the 24 local
• jurisdictions within Maryland
• Candidate must pass MDH required background check
• Candidate must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement after selection and prior to start of
• work

Additional Position Information

• Regular working hours for this position are Monday - Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm.

• Because MDH OET supports 24/7/365 patient care environments, working outside of

regular work hours and on weekends, both scheduled and unscheduled, will be required.