Leidos

VPN and DMZ Network Engineer

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Oak Harbor • Hawaii, Massachusetts, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $85,150 - $153,925 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AnsibleFirewallsPythonSwitchingVoIP

About the role

  • Support Current Operations for the United States Navy by providing VPN, DMZ, and Firewall Network Engineering Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for the largest Intranet in the world.
  • Collaborates with the Network Operations Center, Network Administrators, and the Network Engineering Team to define and/or continuously improve: -Network Security Appliances (i.e. DMZ, VPN, Firewalls) -Test and Validate Automation and best practice insertion opportunities. -Leads development of Network SOPs/TTPs -Continuous Service Improvements (CSI) -System performance tuning and enhancements -Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP)
  • Plans and executes network upgrades and maintenance activities with the NMCI Operations Manager, NOC Lead, Release Management team and other key stakeholders.
  • Tier III escalation support and vendor engagement supporting Incident Management activities.
  • Active participation in Root Cause Analysis for Problem Management activities.

Requirements

  • Requires B.S. Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience.
  • U.S. Citizen with an active DoD Secret security clearance.
  • Must currently possess an active DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II Certification i.e. CCNP Security, CISSP, or CASP+.
  • Must currently possess an active Associate level Network Vendor Certification (from one of the following Vendors): Cisco, Juniper, F5 Networks.
  • Ability to work or be called in to work during off-hours to meet customer mission support requirements.
  • Participate in on-call rotation for Incident Management responsibilities among the Transport Operations team.
  • Network Subject Matter Expert for operations providing Tier-III support to the NOC watch staff.
  • Perform highly technical maintenance and configuration to firewalls, VPNs, and DMZ appliances.
  • Extensive experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including routing, switching, MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols (i.e. BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), switching protocols (i.e. Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP) Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies.
  • Strong understanding and in-depth knowledge of IP network/subnet addressing.
  • Extensive knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, Network architecture, Modern Network Topologies, Network appliance integrity, and common networking security elements.
  • Ansible, Python, IaC network automation experience.
Benefits
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
VPNDMZFirewallNetwork Security AppliancesNetwork EngineeringRoutingSwitchingMPLSAnsiblePython
Soft skills
collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationincident managementroot cause analysisservice improvementtechnical maintenanceconfiguration managementstakeholder engagement
Certifications
B.S. DegreeDoD Secret security clearanceCCNP SecurityCISSPCASP+Associate level Network Vendor Certification