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NextGen Federal Systems · 3 days ago

Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer

Springfield, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. 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

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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:

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

Maintains remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint

Qualification

Cisco routers managementNetwork architecture designAzure GovCloud supportIncident managementCisco ASA firewallsCisco Nexus SwitchesCisco ISE managementSolarWinds proficiencySoft 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

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

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

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