Cloud Network Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

A well-designed network is critical to move data and enable the company to achieve their missions. Crafting the right network, with the right equipment and software, requires a combination of technical skill and careful planning. As a network engineer on our team, you’ll use your experience in network design and architecture to support our customer's network infrastructure. You’ll upgrade or develop enterprise-wide infrastructure, troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, analyze current working infrastructures, and increase security, reliability, and availability for mission-critical network systems. Your knowledge of network protocols, equipment, emerging technology, and configurations will come in handy as you optimize client operations and modernization. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to secure your customer’s environment. You’ll continue to strengthen your skills in AWS, Palo Alto Firewalls, Hybrid Connectivity and WAN, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and Zero Trust Architecture while mentoring tomorrow’s cloud security experts.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building, deploying, and operating PAN-OS NGFWs in AWS leveraging Panorama, and network management tools
5+ years of experience with general networking and network security concepts such as BGP, OSPF, TCP, IP, DNS, and MPLS, including AWS networking services and their integration and implementation
Experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash
Experience with network monitoring and alerting functions in support of maintaining SLAs and SLOs
Experience with the software development life cycle (SDLC), including design, development, build, deployment, troubleshooting, testing, and maintenance via automation tooling such as Terraform, Python, and GitLab CI for AWS workloads
Knowledge of routing, switching technologies and hybrid CSP, datacenter, and interconnect operations and management
Ability to identify and assess threats and risks to the network
Ability to follow change control procedures as it pertains to ITIL, Git, and common DevOps platforms such as GitLab and GitHub
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Ability to perform and be a part of a weekly on-call rotation
Ability to lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) development and communication
Secret clearance
AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty Certification
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification

Responsibilities

Upgrade or develop enterprise-wide infrastructure
Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues
Analyze current working infrastructures
Increase security, reliability, and availability for mission-critical network systems
Optimize client operations and modernization
Secure customer’s environment using cloud technologies
Mentor tomorrow’s cloud security experts