Network Engineer, Insider Threat Program

About the role

This is an opportunity to support, sustain, design, and evolve the network enterprise for a key government program. The mission is to identify insider threats by utilizing advanced analytics, monitoring, and data correlation to help address and eliminate potential threat actors. Candidates should be comfortable with 100% in-office work.

Responsibilities

• Support the program's network infrastructure, perform routine maintenance, and provide guidance on upgrades and system recapitalization.
• Perform availability and capacity management.
• Oversee a cross-domain solution that supports the transfer of data between multiple classification domains.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on all program network infrastructure.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree and 4 to 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 4+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Recent hands-on experience with firewalls (Cisco preferred, Palo Alto is acceptable), Solarwinds, and supporting government ATO Audits for certifications.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
• Engineering, deployment, and operations of LAN and WAN Switches and Firewalls.
• Working knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, network/HW/SW security architecture, and network topology.
• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of equipment including Cisco network and FW gear (Cisco 2900, 4500, 9300, 9400, 6800, Nexus 9000, Cisco Firepower, ASA).
• Experience managing the information security incident lifecycle.
• Network Management experience with Solarwinds, WhatsUP Gold, NetQoS, or NetBrain.
• Cross-platform familiarity with VMWare, Linux, Microsoft Server, and AD.
• Ability to build firewall policy and optimized rule sets.
• Experience deploying new network configurations to meet NIST/FISMA/STIG compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting ATO reviews and audits.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree and 4 to 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 4+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Recent hands-on experience with firewalls (Cisco preferred, Palo Alto is acceptable), Solarwinds, and supporting government ATO Audits for certifications.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
• Engineering, deployment, and operations of LAN and WAN Switches and Firewalls.
• Working knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, network/HW/SW security architecture, and network topology.
• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of equipment including Cisco network and FW gear (Cisco 2900, 4500, 9300, 9400, 6800, Nexus 9000, Cisco Firepower, ASA).
• Experience managing the information security incident lifecycle.
• Network Management experience with Solarwinds, WhatsUP Gold, NetQoS, or NetBrain.
• Cross-platform familiarity with VMWare, Linux, Microsoft Server, and AD.
• Ability to build firewall policy and optimized rule sets.
• Experience deploying new network configurations to meet NIST/FISMA/STIG compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting ATO reviews and audits.

Skills

• Firewalls (Cisco preferred, Palo Alto is acceptable)
• Solarwinds
• ATO Audits
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• LAN and WAN Switches and Firewalls
• Defense-in-depth principles, network/HW/SW security architecture, and network topology
• VMWare, Linux, Microsoft Server, and AD
• Information security incident lifecycle management
• Network Management experience with Solarwinds, WhatsUP Gold, NetQoS, or NetBrain
• Building firewall policy and optimized rule sets
• Deploying new network configurations to meet NIST/FISMA/STIG compliance requirements
• Supporting ATO reviews and audits

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

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Schedule

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