Network Engineer - South Pole, Antarctica

Network Engineer

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED AT SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA

Location: South Pole, Antarctica
Work Status: US Citizen (as required by the United States NSF)
Deployment: November 2014 - October 2015
Salary: DOE, plus Uplift. All expenses paid while on-ice: meals, lodging, medical, gear, travel to and from Antarctica. (*Salary may vary due to contract restraints)
- Benefits available to qualified family members.

OVERVIEW:
Responsible for the management and maintenance of the network systems and associated equipment. Works with Network and Systems Administrator to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues. Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.

PHYSICAL AND/OR OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
- The individual in the position must successfully complete the physical and dental examinations, and psychological examination, as required by the NSF for deploying to Antarctica. Failure to meet these requirements may result in withdrawal of employment offer or other employment action.
- Complies with applicable safety, environment, health, and waste management policies and procedures.
- Must be able to work in possibly a stressful and cold environment with 6 months of darkness and 6 months of light
- U.S. citizenship is required.

EXPERIENCE:
- BS/BA degree is required. Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or related field with emphasis in computer networking preferred.
- Solid Cisco router and switch experience; Checkpoint, ASA firewalls, Cisco wireless & Cisco Call Manager, a must
- Experience with Traffic Shaping (Packeteer)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or higher Cisco certification Other technical networking vendor certifications preferred
- Primary network topologies, LANs/WANs (Ethernet, variants), TCP/IP protocol (1Pv4) and standards including ICMP, SNMP and Syslog; TCP/IP protocol (1Pv6) preferred
- Experience w/ configuring routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and/or BGP
- Configuration management expertise with Cisco lOS and hardware. Prior experience installing, configuring and maintaining Cisco routers and switches
- Experience with network management applications, such as CiscoWorks, and related protocols such as SNMP
- Experience with the configuration and management of network firewalls
- Experience with VoiP infrastructure, implementation, and configuration
- Experience with Virtual Private Networks and the various protocols and implementations
- Ability to perform fault isolation and resolution in a methodical, thorough manner
- Understanding of and experience applying Information Security concepts to core network infrastructure and data transport

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Install, configure, maintain and document network hardware and software suites at multiple sites.
- Isolate faults and diagnose system failures to resolve problems in a timely manner
- Monitor network performance and reliability to proactively identify potential problems
- Establish and maintain secure networking environments based on security standards in conjunction with United States Antarctic Program (USAP) policies
- Coordinate any modifications to the USAP network environment with other IT departments and affected users
- Assists with life-cycle management evaluations and recommendations
- Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace program and ensuring safety is the highest priority in the work place
- Required to provide 24X7 support and share responsibility for on-call rotation as required by manager
- Perform other duties as needed

GHG is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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