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Accenture Federal Services · 20 hours ago

Network Security Engineer

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $203K/yr

6+ years exp

Accenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and improve the lives of citizens. The Network Security Engineer will design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure while managing performance and security to ensure the reliability and efficiency of systems used by federal agencies.

ConsultingFinanceInformation TechnologyManagement ConsultingOnline PortalsProfessional Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points

Monitor performance and availability; troubleshoot latency, packet loss, and connectivity issues and implement scalability improvements

Perform capacity planning, optimization, patching, compliance hardening, and lifecycle upgrades

Manage VPNs, VLANs, DHCP, DNS, and network access controls

Install, configure, patch, and upgrade network devices following formal change management and high-availability testing

Design, configure, and maintain firewall policies and rule sets controlling traffic between internal, external, and cloud environments

Install, configure, and maintain Windows and Linux servers and enterprise applications

Maintain network diagrams, IP inventories, configurations, system documentation, SOPs, data structures, and reporting

Qualification

Network infrastructureFirewall managementWindows administrationScriptingTechnical certificationsLinux administrationCapacity planningVPN managementVLAN managementDHCP managementDNS managementNetwork access controlsCompliance hardeningDocumentation

Required

6+ years of experience across networking, security, or systems engineering

Strong hands-on experience with network infrastructure, firewalls, Windows administration, and scripting

Active TS/SCI clearance

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field

CCNA, JunOS, Cloud Architect or equivalent technical certifications

Experience using software including VMware, Veeam and WinRE

Company

Accenture Federal Services

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Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture.

Founded in 1989

Arlington, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.afs.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

Ron Ash

CEO and Chairman of the Board

Bharat Patel

Managing Director, AI Missions

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