SSR Network Engineer

World Wide Technology Healthcare Solutions•Charleston, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

WWT is seeking an SSR Network Engineer who will serve on a team of technical engineers in support of multiple government programs. The ideal candidate will possess good communication, presentation, and writing skills. They will have a proven track record of being a problem solver and team player who is capable of working in a technically challenging environment supporting the Navy.

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training.
5+ years of IT experience with 1-2 years of hands on experience working with the technologies listed above.
DoD 8570 Certification: IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CISSP, or equivalent).
Ability to maintain a minimum Secret U.S. government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

JNCIS-ENT or JNCIS-SEC preferred; specific training in Juniper SSR is highly desirable.
TS/SCI Preferred.

Responsibilities

SSR Implementation: Deploy and manage Juniper Session Smart Routers (SSR) to optimize WAN performance, utilizing tunnel-less architecture to improve bandwidth efficiency and security.
Network Operations: Maintain and troubleshoot Junos OS across WAN environment.
SD-WAN Management: Configure and refine session-oriented routing policies, service-centric networking, and security-first WAN architectures.
Routing Excellence: Administer and optimize core routing protocols, including BGP, OSPF, and static routing, to maintain path redundancy and low latency.
Security & SRX Support: Manage Juniper SRX edge gateways, overseeing stateful firewall policies, IPsec VPNs, and NAT configurations.
Network Automation: Familiarity with Ansible for basic configuration management or automated state-checking of Junos devices.
Scripting: Basic knowledge of Python or YAML to assist with bulk configuration updates or data parsing.
Cloud Integration: Experience connecting on-premises Juniper hardware to AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.