Overview
Role: IT Security Engineer
Client: DC Government
Location: Washington DC (Hybrid)
Job Description
Description
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning
- Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
- Develop and deploy methodologies for testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
- Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of network development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and network flexibility.
- Develop, document, make recommendations, and communicate plans for investing in network technologies, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
- Participate in the development of network strategies in collaboration with the executive team.
Acquisition & Deployment
- Plan, acquire, and coordinate installation of in-house and remote network devices and appliances across the organization’s network.
- Design company LANs, WANs, VMs, virtual networks, and wireless networks, including servers, routers, hubs, switches, UPSs, and other devices.
- Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
- Interact with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
Operational Management
- Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, decision-makers, stakeholders, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent network activities.
- Conduct feasibility studies for various upgrade projects, improvements, and other conversions.
- Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
- Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
- Oversee installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, software, and peripheral devices.
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT or Computer Science
- The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (15 years)
- Cisco Certification in specialized areas is required.
Qualifications
- 10 years’ experience managing, developing, and delivering strategic network architectural design and operational excellence.
- 10 years’ experience designing enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, VPNs, VMs, virtual networks, etc.
- Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards
- Experience designing and implementing Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Security Software
- Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills
- Strong knowledge of scaled systems, ability to identify problem areas, uphold network quality, and drive design
- Expert understanding of WAN, LAN, and Wi-Fi technology
- Strong knowledge of IT security requirements and experience working with information security
- Experience with Lean IT concepts
- Experience with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
- Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts, traffic flow, and data processing concepts.
- Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
- Extensive experience with developing strategic plans.
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
- Exceptional understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
- Proven experience with network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices.
Technical Skills
- Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for the purpose of creating needs assessments, budgets, and so on.
- Highly self-motivated and directed.
- Keep attention to detail.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Flexible work from home options available.
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