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NextGen Federal Systems · 5 months ago

Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer

Springfield, Virginia

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions. They are seeking a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer to support US Marshals hosted infrastructure, focusing on creating and maintaining robust network architectures for high availability and resiliency.

Enterprise SoftwareInformation ServicesInformation TechnologySoftwareSoftware Engineering

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Support US Marshals hosted infrastructure including Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Networking and Applications

Create and maintain robust network architectures to provide high availability and resiliency

Manage Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls; install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot high availability routed and switched networks

Manage design, configuration, optimization and enhancement of two networks with more than 100 remote sites

Design and draft network diagrams and concepts for modernization of the current and future on-prem and cloud-hosted infrastructures

Perform incident management and coordinate with service providers and other agencies to maintain network continuity

Utilize application load balancers to improve the security and availability of network resources

Manage Cisco ISE for device administration, posturing, and profiling

Maintain remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint

Qualification

Cisco routers managementNetwork architecture designAzure GovCloud supportIncident managementSolarWinds proficiencyCisco ASA firewallsCisco ISE managementSecurity configuration baselinesSoft skills

Required

Top Secret (Individuals with currents Secret clearance may be considered.)

5 years' experience planning, designing, troubleshooting, and optimizing network configurations and architectures

Manages Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls; installs, configures, operates, and troubleshoots high availability routed and switched networks

Candidate must be proficient with the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes of the following platforms: ISR 4000 Series Routers, Cisco Nexus Switches, Cisco ASA firewalls, Knowledge on build in Firepower, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, Cisco FTD firewalls, Managing FTD firewalls via Cisco's FMC, Implementing URL filtering rules, Implementing SSL Inspection, 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 infrastructures

Applies 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 problems

Performs incident management and coordinates with service providers and other agencies to maintain network continuity

Proficiencies in deploying and maintaining security templates and configuration baselines following agency guidelines such as DoD STIGS for network equipment

Actively applies thorough knowledge of software and systems development life cycles, including performance measurement principles and methods and ensuring incorporation of appropriate security measures

Utilizes application load balancers to improve the security and availability of network resources

Manages Cisco ISE for device administration, posturing, and profiling

Experience with SolarWinds

Leverages SolarWinds modules for configuration changes and repository, performance monitoring, and alerting

Maintains remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint

Preferred

A candidate with experience in the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes for the following additional attributes is highly desirable but not required: CCNA Route and Switch – Data Center, CCNP Route and Switch, Cisco AMP, Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco Duo MFA for VPN and network & server administration, Cisco Wi-Fi technologies and wireless access controllers, CradlePoint mobile routers with onboard modems and SIMs, Palo Alto firewalls and VPN, Azure networking tools including Azure load balancers, NSGs, and vNets, Deploying devices in Azure Gov using custom ARM templates, SMS gateway services, WAN bonding