DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide Engineering support primarily in networking domain for on- and off-premises Managed Service Provider IaaS and PaaS environment
- Support design and interconnectivity of new Data Centers in multi-site environment
- Serve as Tier 3 escalation support for troubleshooting connectivity issues impacting hosted applications
- Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements
- Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a variety of network, storage, and compute technologies for on- and off-prem environments
- Create and maintain system configuration documentation; Support review and improvement of Standard Operating Processes
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- Strong operational knowledge and experience in routing and switching
- Knowledge of Software Defined Networking concepts; Cisco ACI preferred
- Experience with application delivery and load balancing concepts
- Experience with “Next-Generation Firewall” concepts and operation
- Understanding of Web Application Firewall concepts and operation
- Knowledge of commercial cloud IaaS and PaaS operation; Azure preferred
- Strong troubleshooting skills; Ability to direct troubleshooting sessions, read an interpret multiple data sources (firewall logs, packet captures, application logs); Perform and report on root-cause analysis
- Knowledge of commercial cloud environment administration such as IdAM, subscription management, RBAC; Azure preferred
- Knowledge of networking in a DoD and Army environment desired (DISA, Regional Cyber Centers, etc.)
- Experience with DISA Boundary Cloud Access Point and approved commercial cloud environments desired (Azure Government preferred)
Minimum Qualifications
- Senior level Network Engineer experience
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DOD 8570 IA certification, plus relevant computing environment certification (i.e. CCNA, CCNP, etc.)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong understanding of fundamental networking concepts and technologies