IP and Optical Test Engineers

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in design review, lab testing & test report, implementation plan and deployment of new advanced large-scale complex DoD networks.
• Implement MPLS services offerings on the DISN network. MPLS services include L3VPN, L2VPN, VPLS (Virtual Private LAN service) and CsC (Carrier Supporting Carrier).
• Platforms tested include Juniper MX Series, Cisco ASR Series routers.
• Provide technical security expertise in design, test, evaluation and deployment of advanced large-scale complex DoD networks.
• Review security requirements set by DoD agencies for the NIPRNET/SIPRNET network protection; Assess and analyze current NIPRNET/SIPRNET network architecture; Propose and analyze potential solutions.
• Conducting audits, risk assessment, threat analysis, contingency planning and implementing security standards and methods.
• Reviews security threats to the current DoD NIPRNet/Internet gateway IA infrastructure, architecture, and technology and determines/implements effective countermeasures IAW established policies/regulations/directives.
• Delivers Router and Firewall Test Plans, Test Reports, as well as Implementation Plans to provide direction for deployment in the production environment.
• Prepare field recommendations and Configuration Guides.
• Provide Tier III engineering support to field operations personnel and deliver Field Support Lessons Learned reports.
• Conduct market research to find products to meet requirements.

Requirements

• BS in Networking, Telecommunications, or related area required.
• DoD 8570-01-M IAT Level I or higher to include one of the following: A+ CE, CCNA-Security, CND, Network+ CE, SSCP Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, or CISSP.
• Extensive experience in IP or Optical Networking.
• Expertise in large-scale IP/Optical & Testing with backbone routers running ISIS, BGP/MP-BGP (multi AS), MPLS routing protocols, switches and testing gear including traffic generators from IXIA and Spirent Test Center.
• Firewalls (Juniper/Netscreen, Cisco ASA/PIX, CyberGuard, SideWinder), VPN products (IPSec, SSL VPN).
• IDS/IPS (Arbor Peakflow DoS & Traffic, Top Layer, ForeScout).
• F5 Big-IP load balancer, BlueCoat Web Proxy.
• Unix (SUN/HP/BSD) Servers/Workstations, Linux, PC Servers/WorkstationsVMWare ESXi server.
• Certificate Authority Server, ACE/SecureID Server, TACACS+, RADIUS, MS Exchange, Sendmail, Apache web server, PKI, WINS, DHCP, DNS, FTP/SFTP/TFTP, SSH, NTP, Netflow/Cflowd servers.

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• Professional Networking Certifications such as Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIE or Ciena OC-P are highly preferred.
• Hardware certification testing, JUNOS/IOS-XR/Ciena operating system regression testing.
• DISN IP or Optical Design Experience.
• Network test equipment/Traffic Generator such as IXIA and Spirent Test Center.
• Firewalls (Juniper/Netscreen, Cisco ASA/PIX, CyberGuard, SideWinder), VPN products (IPSec, SSL VPN).
• IDS/IPS (Arbor Peakflow DoS & Traffic, Top Layer, ForeScout).
• F5 Big-IP load balancer, BlueCoat Web Proxy.
• Unix (SUN/HP/BSD) Servers/Workstations, Linux, PC Servers/WorkstationsVMWare ESXi server.
• Certificate Authority Server, ACE/SecureID Server, TACACS+, RADIUS, MS Exchange, Sendmail, Apache web server, PKI, WINS, DHCP, DNS, FTP/SFTP/TFTP, SSH, NTP, Netflow/Cflowd servers.

Pay

Salary Range Based on the roles, responsibilities, and requirements, the projected pay range for this position is: $100,000 - $200,000. The annual base salary provided is a guideline for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. When extending an offer, By Light also considers other variables such as (but not limited to) work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions. In addition, By Light provides an extensive selection of benefits and offerings to our employees.