Network Engineer (Cloud Experience)

Job Title: Network Engineer (Cloud Experience) Job Location: Hybrid Washington, DC (3 days a week)

Length: CTH

Background: Yes
Must be able to pass a high-level public trust

Top Skills: Bachelor s degree, at least 7 years of experience, Cisco, and Azure experience, CCNP certified

Client seeks a Network Engineer (Cloud Experience) with 7+ years' experience designing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting LAN/WAN network security infrastructure within a federal organization. The role supports the professional services which takes client project opportunities from vision/concept all the way through implementation. Projects are focused on Microsoft, Cisco, NetApp, VMWare, ZScaler and Azure Cloud technologies as well as software and services. This position will be responsible for supporting our firewalls, switching, router, load balancer, and virtualization technologies. The candidate will collaborate closely with engineers, cloud architects, network engineers, and system administrators to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's network and cloud resources.

Requirements

Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

This position is currently hybrid (remote/onsite) and will require working onsite, at least twice a week.

Qualifications and Experience

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• A minimum of 7 to 9 years' minimum experience
• Experience working in a Cisco Environment Experience with Cisco Integrated Service Engine
• Proficient in Cisco networking technologies, including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless.
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing Cisco network solutions.
• Experience with Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• Experience with Azure Express Routes
• Strong knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and MPLS
• Operational knowledge of cloud environments; Network and routing protocols; Windows Server and Microsoft Entra ID; Software Defined Networking
• Must have extensive knowledge of internet, computer, routers, switches, firewall, and cloud.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) required
• Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage network security infrastructure, including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, NAC, and secure access solutions.
• Configure and maintain security appliances, such as Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc., ensuring they function optimally and adhere to security policies.
• Monitor network traffic for unusual activity and potential security threats, analyze and respond to security incidents, and conduct regular security audits.
• Experience managing complex hybrid cloud environments: SD-WAN, cloud firewall, on-prem firewall, network access control, wireless environments, load balancing, reverse proxies, and AWS/Azure/cloud networking
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, including virtual networks, security groups, and identity management services
• Must have extensive knowledge of internet, computer, routers, switches, firewall, and cloud.
• Develop, update, and maintain network documentation of network configurations, topologies, and operational procedures
• Familiarity with network monitoring tools like tools like Cisco Prime, SolarWinds, Nagios or other network management system
• Implement and enforce security policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for network security-related issues, including participation in on-call rotation as needed.
• Familiarity with Websense, NetBrain, InfoBlox, Solarwind, Atlas, NetFlow, ArgoSec, Riverbed, Steeel head, Splunk/ArcSight, AWS or other
• Writing scripts to automate manual tasks and to streamline operational tasks.
• Experience in Implementing and Supporting applications load balancing using F5, TM and GTM load balancing concepts, Cloud Providers, F5 Load Balancers, Akamai Know and Akamai Prolexic and VPN technologies.
• Knowledge of wireless Ethernet technologies (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.1x) a plus.
• Creating firewalls and updating virus protection software and data security systems to keep data and communications protected

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