IT Network Engineer

Everforth ECS is seeking an IT Network Engineer in our Sierra Vista, AZ office. This role primarily supports work in Sierra Vista but will require occasional support for Deployment of Comply to Connect (C2C) at various Army bases, CONUS and OCONUS.

About the role

This position provides direct C2C support to our customer on-site, with daily interaction. The successful candidate will troubleshoot and share information regarding C2C and/or dot1x authentication issues, as well as ongoing development, operations, and maintenance of the C2C solution with a global team, focusing on continual service improvement.

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 technology issues involving multiple parties
• 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
• Communicate effectively up and down within the organization, including preparing detailed descriptions of issues, status updates, recommendations, and reports
• Manage and document system configurations

Requirements

• US Citizen
• Ability to gain interim secret clearance or have secret clearance or better
• DoD 8570 IAT II certification
• 15+ years of experience working in a DOD environment (Contractor/Civilian/Military), preferably US Army or DISA
• Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE) or ability to gain Forescout certifications
• Experience with Network Access Controls
• Experience with projects across development lifecycles (analysis through implementation)
• Proficiency with desktop programs such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Visio
• High attention to detail
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience in networking, telecom, or application development (client/server, network, internet/web)
• Ability to apply IT industry standards to secure network environments
• Experience creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation

Skills

• Understanding of enterprise computing environments and distributed applications
• Strong knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networks, including ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
• Advanced Administrator’s level understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX) is a plus
• 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
• Experience with 802.1x network authentication
• Understanding of programming languages such as C, Java, Perl, and/or Python is a plus
• Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize competing requirements
• Self-management of tasks to ensure success in a team-oriented environment