Network Engineer - Network Security

Company: Global Technology Associates (GTA)
Location: Littleton
Posted on: January 9, 2021

Job Description:

GTA is a leading independent provider of high-value engineering, technology, and business consulting services to the telecommunications industry. The company is based in Reston, VA and has presence throughout the US and Internationally.Job Description

• Design and engineering of effective and scalable network systems and solutions
• Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a nationwide greenfield network buildout
• Ensure that solutions adhere to defined standards and best practices and/or assist in the development of these standards and best practices.
• Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high and low level diagrams
• NOTE: Candidates must provide example documentation of their engineering work including high and low-level network engineering diagrams.
• Routinely research, analyze, test, retest, and troubleshoot complex problems.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, under pressure, with strict deadlines, both as an individual contributor and team player.
• Participate in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing while staying abreast of new technology/technical areas.
• Provide advanced technical leadership for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network
• Design, plan, and implement network security systems at nationwide scale.
• Supply advanced technical direction and leadership to the organization through the planning and implementation processes
• Establish requirements, provide analysis of network security risks and requirements, network design, network partitioning or segmentation, and network architecture definition
• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity
• Work independently with vendors to understand, test, and drive new innovative featuresMinimum Qualification:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering preferred, or ten or more years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space
  • Professional networking certifications a plus- CCNA/CCNP/CCIE/CISM/CISSP/CEH or equivalent
  • Public cloud certifications a plus - Advanced Networking, Cloud Network Engineer, or equivalent
  • IP routing across a multi-site, hierarchical architecture
  • MPLS and/or Segment Routing (SR-MPLS, SRv6) o eBGP, iBGP, IS-IS, VRFs, and QoS
    • Integration with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
    • Architecture, design, and engineering of network security boundaries both internal and external
    • Network firewall and IDS/IPS systems evaluation, design, implementation, and support
    • Design and Implementation of internal and external VPN connectivity
    • Configuration hardening of network and peripheral devices
    • Creation of network security policies, processes, auditing, and enforcement
    • IPv6 - SLAAC and DHCPv6
    • Network Deployment and Operations Automation - Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
    • Network configuration automation (Scripting with Pearl/Python/Bash)
    • Server virtualization - VMWare, Openstack
    • Solid Understanding of the OSI model, routing and switching protocols, network security, IPv4 and IPv6 networking, subnetting, and operational experienceAdditional Position Requirements:A background investigation and drug test is required.Global Technology Associates, LLC (GTA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/VAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran or disabled status and will not be discriminated against.

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