Blog

IMPORTANT NOTE: Local to the Rockville, MD / surrounding area – no relo candidates, please!

Role: Sr. Network Engineer

Location: Rockville, MD 20852 (Hybrid: 3x Weekly)

Duration: 1-year contract

Client: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)

Interview Process: 1 panel interview with two technical team leads & program manager

Start Date: 7/1/2024 – will begin onboarding immediately upon offer & must be able to obtain a Public Trust Tier 2 Clearance.

Top skills:

1. Extensive experience in network engineering supporting Cisco ASA Firewall 5500/Firepower & Cisco ISE
2. Azure cloud environment – specifically, working with Azure Network Security Groups (NSGs)
3. Experience supporting a federal civilian agency/program

About the role: In preparation for a large new program to support Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), this resource will support a critical mission for HRSA; maintaining Hosting, Networking, Security, Server, Identity and Access Management, and Tier II Operations in support of the HRSA mission in a 24x7x365 environment.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of network engineering experience supporting Cisco network infrastructure (Cisco ASA Firewall 5500/Firepower & Cisco ISE required)
  • Switches/routers, VPN troubleshooting, technical documentation, vulnerability remediation, performance monitoring, LAN/WAN/MAN, etc.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in a hybrid Azure Cloud environment – Azure NSGs (networking)  
• Hands-on experience with Citrix NetScaler as well as IPV6, OSPF, and/or BGP networking protocols
• Experience supporting a federal civilian agency/program
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust, Tier 2 clearance (successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process including fingerprinting)
• Excellent communication skills with self-starter, initiative taking mentality – ability to work later hours if needed for maintenance

Preferred Skills:

• Experience supporting HHS or NIH programs for the government
• Experience analyzing PCAP files with Wireshark
• Hands-on SolarWinds experience as well as Palo Alto firewalls

Responsibilities:  

• Network Engineering, Administration, Patch Management, Vulnerability Remediation, Security Compliance, Performance Monitoring/Tuning
• 24x7x365 infrastructure operations support serving in on-call rotation, Hybrid Environment (Azure and on-prem)
• Working within team for successful completion of all tasks within the Statement of Work for assigned area of responsibility within server, storage, backup operations
• Will review monitoring tools to identify trends and proactive identification of potential customer impacting events
• Recommending changes to processes or procedures to improve efficiency or reduce costs in future projects.