Network Engineer SME (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage security solutions
• Basic network monitoring
• Patch management
• Other security tasks as assigned

Required Skills And Abilities

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience planning, designing, engineering, implementing, testing, configuring, and operating secure global networks using IPSEC and/or OpenVPN technology
• Experience defining, designing, and implementing multi-layer VOIP networks
• Experience specifying, testing, and operating both hardware and software defined firewalls (Cisco FirePower)
• Experience detecting and preventing network intrusions and DNS attacks along with performing network log analysis
• Plans network layouts and configures systems to user environments
• Experience with both Linux and Windows operating systems and ability to maintain and configure network interfaces to routers/switches
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent
• Experience with field travel and interfacing with other network operations centers
• Experience with configuring, testing, and managing Cisco networking equipment
• Networking experience (Cisco HW preferred); routers/switches
• Hands-on experience with IT system monitoring and management tools (e.g. SolarWinds, InterMapper)
• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP and IP Address Mgmt
• Practical experience with OpenVPN and IPSEC tunneling
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and network performance-tuning skills
• Analyzes network topologies and traffic and capacity requirements
• Communicate effectively with peers and support other team members to highlight and clarify network design components

Qualifications

A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Benefits

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.