Network Engineer (Firewall Centric) SME TI26

Fuel Your FutureMcLean, VA
Onsite

About The Position

Fuel is looking for a Network Engineer. The Network Engineer is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The candidate will define processes to support the implementation of requirements. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing for security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Candidate should be able to define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. Candidate will be required to work independently with little supervision and should be flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices
  • Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS)
  • 5+ years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall
  • Experience configuring/maintaining other (non-Cisco) hardware firewall devices such as Palo Alto Network, F5, or Juniper Next Generation Firewalls
  • Basic understanding of QoS concepts
  • Experience with network monitoring technologies
  • Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
  • Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems

Nice To Haves

  • Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting IP multicast streams
  • Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices
  • Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewalls Certifications

Responsibilities

  • Designing technical solutions for complex problems.
  • Providing technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components.
  • Defining processes to support the implementation of requirements.
  • Ensuring that technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing for security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership.
  • Defining internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software.
  • Working independently with little supervision.
  • Being flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.
  • Complex problem management research and issue resolution.
  • Mentoring junior network engineers.

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
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