NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER LEVEL 3

EOA Technologies LLC•Fort Meade, MD

9h•Onsite

About The Position

EOA Technologies is seeking a Network Security Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. You will provide engineering expertise to analyze complex systems, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues. Procure and perform acceptance testing on equipment. Provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial. Deploy, install, and implement hardware at Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS). Prepare specifications for hardware by analyzing documented and derived system requirements. Conduct site surveys. Prepare engineering plans and site Technical Design Packages. Organize and direct hardware installations. Configure and document configuration of computers, networking devices and various peripheral equipment. Prepare site installation and test reports. Ensure that problems have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user's requirements. Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging hardware technologies. Provide specific input to the hardware components of system design to include end-user devices, servers, networking devices, data storage devices, and specialized processors. The Level 3 Network Security Engineer shall possess the following capabilities: Configure network devices, firewalls, web proxies, VPNs and load balancers. Direct the work of other Network Security engineers on a project requiring a variety of Network Security engineering activities and tasks. Plan all phases of hardware projects to include schedules, budgets, and maturation of technical performance parameters. Work closely with system engineering and test engineering to develop and validate hardware portion of test plans, test procedures, throughput models, failure analysis, and risk analysis. Develop proposals for the program manager to reduce or avoid customer costs in up-front acquisition costs or operational/disposal costs. Organize and direct teams to address critical system failures that potentially derive from hardware component failure or misconfiguration. Perform system or network designs that encompass multiple enclaves, to include those with differing data protection/classification requirements. Recommend system-level solutions to resolve security requirements. Provide security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management. Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.

Requirements

Possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
Seventeen (17) years’ experience as a Network Security Engineer analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions is required.
Bachelor's degree in communications engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Five (5) years of additional Network Security engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
Must meet DoD approved 8570 Baseline Certification for IAT Level III
Possess at least 3 of the following vendor certifications: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA), Sonicwall Network Security Administrator (SNSA), Sonicwall Network Security Professional (SNSP), Symantec ProxySG 6.7 Technical Specialist or Cisco CCNA or higher.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering expertise to analyze complex systems, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues.
Procure and perform acceptance testing on equipment.
Provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial.
Deploy, install, and implement hardware at Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS).
Prepare specifications for hardware by analyzing documented and derived system requirements.
Conduct site surveys.
Prepare engineering plans and site Technical Design Packages.
Organize and direct hardware installations.
Configure and document configuration of computers, networking devices and various peripheral equipment.
Prepare site installation and test reports.
Ensure that problems have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user's requirements.
Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging hardware technologies.
Provide specific input to the hardware components of system design to include end-user devices, servers, networking devices, data storage devices, and specialized processors.
Configure network devices, firewalls, web proxies, VPNs and load balancers.
Direct the work of other Network Security engineers on a project requiring a variety of Network Security engineering activities and tasks.
Plan all phases of hardware projects to include schedules, budgets, and maturation of technical performance parameters.
Work closely with system engineering and test engineering to develop and validate hardware portion of test plans, test procedures, throughput models, failure analysis, and risk analysis.
Develop proposals for the program manager to reduce or avoid customer costs in up-front acquisition costs or operational/disposal costs.
Organize and direct teams to address critical system failures that potentially derive from hardware component failure or misconfiguration.
Perform system or network designs that encompass multiple enclaves, to include those with differing data protection/classification requirements.
Recommend system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.
Provide security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.