Sr Forescout Engineer

ECS Tech Inc

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

ECS is seeking a Sr Forescout Engineer to work remotely. This role will primarily be remote, however, it will require occasional support for Deployment of Comply to Connect (C2C) at various Army bases, CONUS and OCONUS. The Sr. Forescout Engineer will provide engineering support and documentation to create a healthy security posture implementing Comply-To-Connect for a delivered Managed Service supporting the US Army. In this role, you will focus on design, integration, and deployment. You will provide tactical and strategic input on improving overall network operations and Network Access Control using Forescout. The selected candidate must be well versed in architectural best practices and applying them across a breadth of technologies to solve an organizational problem. You should be capable of articulating your views on the future development of technology to varying audiences, and you should understand the interaction between infrastructure and solution architecture. This is a “hands-on” position that requires someone who is capable of multi-tasking. It requires an individual with a service-oriented mentality that can focus and take ownership of assignments/issues and manage/resolve those issues. The individual must work well in a team oriented environment and be able to self-manage their tasks to ensure success. Communication up and down within the organization is required; prepare detailed descriptions of issues, status updates, recommendations, and reports. Applicants must be organized with an eye for detail.

Requirements

Understanding of enterprise computing environments, distributed applications, and strong knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networks to include ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
Computer Networking Systems Administrator’s level Knowledge of all protocol layers
Strong knowledge of enterprise networking environments
Expertise in debugging and root-cause analysis in complex systems and large environments
Experience installing, implementing and debugging network access control security solutions
Understanding of programming languages: C, Java, and Perl
Ability to gain interim secret clearance or have secret clearance or better
US Citizen
DoD 8570 IAT II
6+ yrs. experience working in a DOD environment (Contractor/Civilian/Military), preferably US Army or DISA
Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE)
Experience with Network Access Controls
Experience with projects across development lifecycles (analysis through implementation)
Ability to multi‐task and effectively prioritize competing requirements
Must be proficient with desktop programs such as MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio
Must possess a high attention to detail
Good oral and written communications skills
Have networking, telecom, or application development, client/server, network and internet/web development experience
The ability to apply IT industry standards to secure network environment
Experience in creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution, ability to manage and document system configurations

Nice To Haves

Advanced Administrator’s level of understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX) is a plus

Responsibilities

Provide Engineering support for Comply to Connect on multiple DoD networks and classification domains
Establish and maintain network analysis and monitoring tools; including fine-tuning, health reporting and alerting
Make recommendations to optimize stability, availability, reliability and performance of networking infrastructure
Resolve complex networking and other technology issues with multiple parties involved
Develop process and architecture diagrams
Identify and provide technical subject matter expertise on remediation and mitigation of all open findings from DISA STIGs
Provide program status reports and briefings to internal management, senior leadership and government oversight officials
Focus and take ownership of assignments/issues and manage/resolve those issues
Self-manage tasks to ensure success
Communicate up and down within the organization; prepare detailed descriptions of issues, status updates, recommendations, and reports