Job Description

Program Overview

About The Role

• Design, implement, and maintain a robust and scalable network infrastructure encompassing LAN/WAN technologies, routing protocols, firewalls, load balancers, and network security tools.
• Pro-actively monitor network performance, uptime, and capacity, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks and ensuring optimal network health.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex network issues, conducting root cause analysis and implementing permanent solutions.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including diagrams, configurations, and policies.
• Stay abreast of emerging network technologies and trends, evaluating and recommending new solutions to enhance network performance, security, and efficiency.
• Collaborate effectively with other IT teams to ensure seamless integration of network infrastructure with other systems and applications.
• Mentor and guide others to include junior network engineers, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation, providing after-hours support for critical network incidents.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• COMSEC background with experience as the primary COMSEC Responsible Officer.
• Maintain and operate cryptographic equipment and secure data transfer devices.
• Understand and be able to implement AFMAN 17-1302-O.
• Experience troubleshooting circuit issues within a DISA environment, including requesting new circuits.
• Previous experience providing engineering and operation services on DoD supported networks.
• Familiarity with routing and switching such as MPLS, VPNs, and protocols such as, but not limited to, BGP, Spanning Tree, VLANs, LLDP, and VoIP.
• Familiarity with Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies.
• Ability to design, implement, and manage Cisco ISE solutions for network access control and identity management.
• Develop and enforce network access policies based on user roles, device types, and security requirements.
• Ability implementing security policies, rule sets and network segmentation on Palo Alto firewalls to protect enterprise environments.
• Ability to perform firewall upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting to ensure firewall availability and functionality.
• Experience performing security assessments and audits of systems and applications against DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Ability to implement and configure systems according to STIG requirements for both classified and unclassified environments.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD. Degree in one of the following fields highly desired: Information Technology, Software Engineer, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or Cybersecurity.
• Active CCNA Certification.
• Active IAT II (Security+) Certification.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Preferred Qualifications:  CCNP Certification.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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