Immediate Placement: - Senior Network Engineer

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location

Remote, but they need to go to office ( Rockville, MD) if there is any network issue arises (HRSA headquarters)

Type: 6+ Months

Must have lived in the U.S. at least 3 of the last 5 years.: Investigation must be fully adjudicated before start (currently about 2 3 weeks)

Certification

None required; CCNP / CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, Zscaler or Cisco ISE certifications preferred

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of network engineering experience in federal or enterprise-level IT environments.
• Cisco ASA 5500 / Firepower firewalls (required); Palo Alto firewalls managed with Panorama.
• Expert Cisco switching, including network software upgrades; LAN/WAN routing and switching; IPv4 and IPv6.
• Expert troubleshooting of complex network issues, including packet-capture (PCAP) analysis with Wireshark.
• Zscaler, Cisco IPsec VPN troubleshooting and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
• RSA SecurID / RSA Authentication Manager and network authentication protocols (RADIUS, LDAP).
• Azure networking with network security groups (NSGs).
• SolarWinds, including automation scripts; Riverbed, Grafana or Cribl for monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Vulnerability remediation, TLS certificate renewal and installation, and change management processes.
• Writing, maintaining and implementing network-security SOPs and technical documentation (required).
• Willing to work onsite after hours and on weekends for maintenance windows and to take part in the on-call rotation (required).
• Strong problem-solving, communication and organizational skills.
• Able to pass a Public Trust (NACI / Tier 1) investigation; must have lived in the U.S. at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting HHS or other federal civilian agency networks.
• Current or recent federal Public Trust investigation.
• CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE, Zscaler or Cisco ISE certifications.
• NetScaler / Citrix ADC exposure.