Employment Opportunities

KBM Group is a dynamic, fast-growing IT services firm that is looking for dedicated, enthusiastic professionals to join its staff. We offer competitive salaries and benefits. We are an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Employment Opportunities

At KBM Group, attracting and keeping the best is our competitive edge.

Junior Network Associate

Job Description

The Junior Network Associate works on team in supporting a state-of-the-art fast-paced and extremely demanding network. He/she provides technical support in Tier II level network operational support and assists senior team members with technical assessments and critical troubleshooting. He/She works in all areas of Networking - routing, switching, VPN, firewalls, OSPF/BGP, LAN/WAN.

Required Education and Experience:

CCNA/CCDA, Associate’s Degree or equivalent work experience and a minimum of 5 years experience in an enterprise networking environment required

Required Core Competencies from Skill Analyzer:

· Ability to demonstrate fundamental technical understanding of communications networks, such as protocols, network components, design elements and architecture

· Experienced with the installation and configuration of hardware components and peripheral devices

· Must be knowledgeable regarding platform operating systems (router platforms, LAN, WAN, and router protocols) and how they interact with the network

· Must have skills in assisting with the implementation of MPLS / LAN based configuration of internal LAN based VRF and mapping them to the VLAN for tagging

· Must have basic skills in Layer 3 and 2 routing and switch and experience with Cisco 7600 and 6500 platforms

· Hands-on experience with all Cisco routers and catalyst switches – Examples include but not limited to 1800, 2800, 3745, 3750, 3800, 3550, 4500, 6500, 7200vxr, 7300, and 7600

· Must be able to troubleshoot technical LAN/WAN related problems

· Demonstrate knowledge of Incident, Change, Problem Management processes

· Must enjoy working in a collaborative engineering team; sharing ideas, documentation, and responsibilities

· Must be able to work night shifts before 6 a.m. and after 6 p.m.

· May be able to work remotely

Desired:

· Must be familiar with enterprise support tools such as CiscoWorks, Cisco WLS, NetScout Sniffer, or HP OpenView

· Working knowledge of ITIL framework, Change management, incident management, service management, and service delivery, SLAs

· Project Management and understanding of deliverables and meeting project deadlines and milestones

· Experience in providing IT service to a customer with focus and understand the importance of operational support

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Please send resume and salary history to:

KBM Group, Inc.
Attention: HR Department
1 Research Court
Suite 450
Rockville, MD 20850

Fax: 301-355-7321
Email: hr@kbmgroup.com

KBM Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.