LOCATION : Fort Meade, MD (3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote) CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT : Must have an active DoD Secret clearance.
US Citizenship required) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Design, maintain, and operate Wireless and Local Area Networks (LANs / WLAN) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), using Infrastructure as Code and Ansible Automation Platform
- Automate network changes on across various vendor platforms and Azure Cloud
- Assist multifunctional team to help optimize and visualize network operations
- Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information
- Provide inputs to the design of the enterprise’s network and mission architecture
- Evaluate network architectures across platforms to ensure alignment to cloud and network modernization strategies, capabilities and requirement sets
- Actively identify opportunities for improvement, including innovations aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs
- Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security BASIC QUALIFICATIONS :
- Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance prior to start date with GES
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating software defined networking solutions
- Strong understanding of networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP / UDP, IPSec, VPN, proxies, routing (L2 / L3), firewalls and software defined networking
- Experience implementing dual-stack networking to use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses simultaneously
- Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI / CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
- Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
- Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence
- Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + or CISSP PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
- Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent
- Working experience installing, configuring, and managing Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM) Powered by JazzHR
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