Federal Network Management Tools Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Network Management Tools Engineer to manage and support network management tools within a U.S. federal government-focused environment.

The role emphasizes installing vendor releases, applying security patches, and keeping tools compliant with security standards. Responsibilities include stakeholder meetings, ticket-based changes via CR processes, issue escalation, tool configuration/testing, Linux maintenance, QA, and developing operational procedures for

Qualifications

• 3 year(s) of expert level experience in LAN technologies (switches, routers, wireless and firewalls) including centralized monitoring and management in large-scale, high-availability environments.
• 2 year(s) of experience in IT infrastructure, TCP/IP, networking and information system security principles, practices and technologies
• 3 year(s) of experience working with core Internet routing protocols and services
• 2 year(s) of experience working with Juniper SRX firewalls
• 2 year(s) of experience working with Cisco FTD/Firepower
• 1-2 year(s) of experience working with Palo Alto virtual firewall and Panorama Central Support solutions
• 1 year experience with Linux
• Familiarity with Firemon, Algosec or Tufin
• Familiarity with Gluware, Solarwinds, or Ansible
• Familiarity with Regex

Responsibilities

• Meet with AFS IT stakeholders to review reports for the network management tools; map scope, create and update required design/architecture documentation
• Work support tickets, make changes where necessary using the CR process
• Escalate issues/concerns to management
• Provide network engineer/admin support to configure and test the solution
• Perform system maintenance, OS patching, and application releases on Linux appliance network tools
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests
• Develop/transition operational processes and procedures for Ops teams to support solution

Skills

LAN technologies

Core Internet routing protocols

IT infrastructure

Linux

Network security principles

Regex

Tools

Juniper SRX

Cisco FTD/Firepower

Palo Alto Panorama

Firemon

Algosec

Tufin

Gluware

SolarWinds

Ansible

Linux

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Network Management Tools Engineer to manage and support network management tools within a U.S. federal government-focused environment.

The role emphasizes installing vendor releases, applying security patches, and keeping tools compliant with security standards. Responsibilities include stakeholder meetings, ticket-based changes via CR processes, issue escalation, tool configuration/testing, Linux maintenance, QA, and developing operational procedures for