Network System Engineer

3 days ago

Fort Meade Maryland, Anne Arundel County, MD, United States National Security Agency Full time
The National Security Agency is seeking results driven individuals that strive for excellence, enjoy the challenges of a fast paced environment and the desire to make a difference. We are looking for talented networking professionals to design, develop, deploy, sustain and monitor state-of-the-art network solutions (WAN, CAN, LAN, DCN and Satellite communications networks) that are deployed across NSA worldwide. The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.

Degree must be in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology or related field (e.g., General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or Computer Security).

Relevant experience must be in network or system administration.
Additional experience may be in one or more of the following: computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance or systems engineering. If not credited toward education requirement, completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e., 20-24 weeks course will count as 6 months of experience, 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months of experience).

Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 7 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 5 years of relevant experience. The following may also be considered for individuals with in-depth experience that is clearly related to the position: an Associate's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience; or at least 18 semester hours of military coursework/training in networking, computer science, or cyber topics plus 11 years of relevant experience. Network Professionals are hired into positions directly supporting a technical mission office.

We are hiring expert level networking professionals with education and/or experience in several of the following areas:

-\tMulti-vendor infrastructure platforms (i.e., Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Arista)
-\tNetwork encryption devices and WAN accelerators
-\tMulti-vendor Layer 3 routing protocols (i.e., BGP, OSFP, EIGRP, IGRP, HSRP, VRRP)
-\tVirtual Private Networking (i.e., MPLS, GRE, L2VPN, EVPN, Pseudowire, IPsec, MACSEC)
-\tData center architectures and converged networks
-\tCurrent networking trends, including commercial implementations of Software Defined Networks (SDN) for both Data Center Network and WAN applications
-\tLoad balancing and Application Delivery Controller technologies and implementations
-\tWAN architectures (i.e., Carrier Ethernet, Optical Fabrics (OTN), SONET)
-\tNetwork monitoring tools (i.e., NetFlow Tracker, HP Network Node Manager, Cisco LMS, Cisco Call Manager, Wireshark, and Splunk)
-\tNetwork Modeling (RiverBed/OPNet, NetSim)
-\tNetwork Boundary (Next Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco FIREPOWER), IPSEC/SSL VPN Concentrators)
-\tCross Domain Solutions (SafeNet MDeX System, OWL Cyber Defense Cross Domain Solutions)
-\tTechnical certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, SEC+). The ideal candidate is someone with excellent problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills who is/can:

- Motivated
- Flexible
- Innovative
- Work effectively in diverse environments
- Well-organized
- Handle multiple assignments

Other desired skills and certifications:

- Network Security
- Network Routing and/or Switching
- Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Certification (CCNA, CCNP, CCNA Security, CISSP, ISSP)
- Computer Security
- Threat analysis
- Cybersecurity

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