Network Engineer

Annapolis, MD

Full Time

Information Technology

Experienced

Position: Network Engineer

Black Fox is a certified ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 22301:2019 firm with an array of experience in managing and delivering professional services to public, private, education institutions, and nonprofit organizations across globe. Black Fox has exemplified excellence by receiving the 2021 University of Connecticut’s School of Business Veteran Impact Award, the 2022 Department of Labor’s HIREVet Medallion Gold Award, and the 2023 Small Business Administration Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year Award.

Since its inception, Black Fox has been a recognized leader in the development and implementation of information management and solutions. We depend on a diverse team of talented staff to design, develop, and deploy information solutions for our clients.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate degree in Information Technology (IT) related field

Active certifications as follows

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification.
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.

Qualifications

Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field

Current Certifications as follows

Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE) Certification from Palo Alto Networks
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Enterprise Infrastructure or Security Certification

Scope of Work

Pro-actively identifying organization requirements, and helping to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
Performing project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks.
Providing assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance.
Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks.
Leading migrations or assisting a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in depth solutions.
Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
Leading, scheduling, providing guidance and coordinating the activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with team or on as needed basis.

Skills and Experience

Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks.
Content Filtering Palo Alto networks.
Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems.
Data Loss Prevention
TLS/SSL Inspection
Four (4) years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems.
Three (3) years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks.
Two (2) years of experience in Network Access Control - Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
General experience with the following:
Implementing multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft.
Cloud based virtual networking and security services
Authentication standards - (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications.
Scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Enterprise Data Center implementing Micro segmentation.
Certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS
Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps.
Centralized Management using Panorama, SolarWinds
Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities

Ability to

To work independently, troubleshoot and provide mentoring to junior associates.
Communicate effectively when providing presentations.
Produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans and schedules, and user instructions) as required.

Place of Performance

Work shall be performed in a hybrid setting each week, Monday through Friday, as follows:
- Two (2) days remote at a suitable off-site location and Three (3) days onsite.

Salary

$135,000.00

Location

Annapolis, Maryland

Benefits:

Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision and Hearing)
Retirement Benefits (401k)
Paid Time Off (For Qualifying Members)

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