Echelon Services has an opening for Tier III Boundary Protection Engineers to support the customer's various wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). This position will provide boundary protection to an enterprise level infrastructure across multiple classifications and act as subject matter experts in boundary technologies across multiple vendors.

The job duties of the Tier III Boundary Protection Engineer are as follows:

• Maintain the security and networking of enterprise boundary enclaves and devices
• Responsible for installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, and monitoring performance of firewall systems
• Provide support for Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications
• Generate, determine impact of, and implement custom proxy policies and/or policy exceptions in response to ongoing technology implementation activities on the program
• Proxy Subject Matter Expert (SME) for integration of other technologies within the program (function as an SME on ongoing technology projects)
• Support the troubleshooting of web connectivity problems to determine root cause
• Perform Proxy solution component upgrades, testing and configuration
• Research and develop evidence collection, protection, and analysis techniques for customer owned and maintained hardware and/or software
• Provide real-time monitoring and alerting of security incident investigations on perimeter/internal infrastructure
• Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for all incident management events and outages
• Collaborate with IT staff on projects and initiatives
• Provide input for monthly progress and status reporting of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Work with all corresponding technical support teams as required to resolve network traffic concerns
• Utilize monitoring tools and log collectors to provide in-depth analysis on traffic anomalies and issues

REQUIREMENTS

• TS SCI CI Poly

The candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a doctorate and 8 years, a master's and 10 years, a bachelor's and 12 years, an associates and 14 years or a HS diploma and 16 years. Required qualifications include:

• Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2
• Understanding of all phases of the software and system development lifecycle and the ability to comprehend user business needs and concerns and integrate that understanding with technical skills
• Strong Unix/Linux system knowledge and administrator experience providing RHEL 7.x through 9.x platform and administrative support as well as operating system management and troubleshooting
• Scripting and command line experience in automating routine tasks
• Design and administration experience using Red Hat products such as Satellite, Ansible and containerization
• Experience building and deploying automated server and workstation builds across an enterprise infrastructure with environments that are logically separated
• Experience with proactive monitoring concepts, including experience configuring and deploying network and systems monitoring (i.e., SNMP, Splunk, Nessus, etc.)
• Enterprise VM-based computing and competencies of systems including Fault tolerance, High availability, Scalability and Capacity planning, Data center organization, and Backup & Recovery
• Familiarity with Encryption, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Anti-Virus, VPNs, SSL
• Possess a degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• A highly motivated candidate must be able to work independently and with local and geographically diverse team members using effective time management skills to meet deliverable timelines
• The position is on site within a SCIF; the position does not require travel; however, the candidate is expected to be in the office five days per week during customer business hours

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