Nextgen is seeking a candidate with a broad engineering background to support US Marshals hosted infrastructure supporting agents in the field. Infrastructure includes Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Networking and Applications. In addition to on-premise equipment, individual will support hosted infrastructure in Azure GovCloud. Candidate shall have vast experience creating and maintaining robust network architectures to provide high availability and resiliency.
Required Qualifications
Top Secret (Individuals with currents Secret clearance may be considered.)5 years’ experience planning, designing, troubleshooting, and optimizing network configurations and architecturesManages Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls; installs, configures, operates, and troubleshoots high availability routed and switched networksCandidate must be proficient with the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes of the following platforms:
o ISR 4000 Series Routers
o Cisco Nexus Switches
o Cisco ASA firewalls
o Knowledge on build in Firepower
o Cisco AnyConnect VPN
o Cisco FTD firewalls
o Managing FTD firewalls via Cisco's FMC
o Implementing URL filtering rules
o Implementing SSL Inspection
o Cisco ISE
Manages design, configuration, optimization and enhancement of two networks with more than 100 remote sites, telecommunications (local and wide area networking, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and web-based technologies)Designs and drafts network diagrams and concepts for modernization of the current and future on-prem and cloud-hosted infrastructuresApplies thorough understanding of IT best practices, methods, and techniques to install, maintain, integrate, and support IT hardware, software, and services; makes recommendations and develops improvements of work methods for solving IT system related problemsPerforms incident management and coordinates with service providers and other agencies to maintain network continuityProficiencies in deploying and maintaining security templates and configuration baselines following agency guidelines such as DoD STIGS for network equipmentActively applies thorough knowledge of software and systems development life cycles, including performance measurement principles and methods and ensuring incorporation of appropriate security measuresUtilizes application load balancers to improve the security and availability of network resourcesManages Cisco ISE for device administration, posturing, and profilingExperience with SolarWindsLeverages SolarWinds modules for configuration changes and repository, performance monitoring, and alertingMaintains remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint
Desired Qualifications
A candidate with experience in the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes for the following additional attributes is highly desirable but not required:
o CCNA Route and Switch – Data Center
o CCNP Route and Switch
o Cisco AMP
o Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS)
o Cisco Duo MFA for VPN and network & server administration
o Cisco Wi-Fi technologies and wireless access controllers
o CradlePoint mobile routers with onboard modems and SIMs
o Palo Alto firewalls and VPN
o Azure networking tools including Azure load balancers, NSGs, and vNets
o Deploying devices in Azure Gov using custom ARM templates
o SMS gateway services
o WAN bonding
