Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer

NextGen Federal Systems; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair and respectful work environment

Opportunities for employee growth

Incentives for positive contributions

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking an experienced Network Engineer in Springfield, VA, to support US Marshals' IT infrastructure, focusing on network architecture and high availability. The ideal candidate must have extensive Cisco management experience, including routers, switches, and firewalls. Experience with Azure GovCloud and networking best practices is essential. This position offers opportunities for growth in a collaborative environment that values employee contributions and fairness.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in planning and designing network architectures.
• Experience in managing Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Proficiency with SolarWinds for performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Support network architectures for US Marshals' hosted infrastructure.
• Perform incident management to maintain network continuity.
• Design network diagrams for modernization of current infrastructures.

Skills

Cisco routers management

Network architecture design

Firewall configuration

VPN management

SolarWinds utilization

Education

Top Secret clearance

CCNA Route and Switch

CCNP Route and Switch

Tools

Cisco AnyConnect VPN

Cisco FTD firewalls

Azure GovCloud

Cisco ISE

Palo Alto firewalls

Job description

Nextgen is seeking a candidate with a broad engineering background to support US Marshals hosted infrastructure supporting agents in the field. Infrastructure includes Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Networking and Applications. In addition to on‑premise equipment, the individual will support hosted infrastructure in Azure GovCloud. Candidate shall have vast experience creating and maintaining robust network architectures to provide high availability and resiliency.

Required Qualifications

Top Secret (Individuals with current Secret clearance may be considered.)

5 years’ experience planning, designing, troubleshooting, and optimizing network configurations and architectures.

Manages Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls; installs, configures, operates, and troubleshoots high availability routed and switched networks.

Candidate must be proficient with the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes of the following platforms:

• ISR 4000 Series Routers
• Cisco Nexus Switches
• Cisco ASA firewalls
• Knowledge on build in Firepower
• Cisco AnyConnect VPN
• Cisco FTD firewalls
• Managing FTD firewalls via Cisco's FMC
• Implementing URL filtering rules
• Implementing SSL Inspection
• Cisco ISE

• Manages design, configuration, optimization and enhancement of two networks with more than 100 remote sites, telecommunications (local and wide area networking, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and web-based technologies)
• Designs and drafts network diagrams and concepts for modernization of the current and future on-prem and cloud-hosted infrastructures
• Applies thorough understanding of IT best practices, methods, and techniques to install, maintain, integrate, and support IT hardware, software, and services; makes recommendations and develops improvements of work methods for solving IT system related problems
• Performs incident management and coordinates with service providers and other agencies to maintain network continuity
• Proficiencies in deploying and maintaining security templates and configuration baselines following agency guidelines such as DoD STIGS for network equipment
• Actively applies thorough knowledge of software and systems development life cycles, including performance measurement principles and methods and ensuring incorporation of appropriate security measures
• Utilizes application load balancers to improve the security and availability of network resources
• Manages Cisco ISE for device administration, posturing, and profiling
• Experience with SolarWinds
• Leverages SolarWinds modules for configuration changes and repository, performance monitoring, and alerting
• Maintains remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint

Desired Qualifications

A candidate with experience in the configuration, software/firmware upgrade, and troubleshooting processes for the following additional attributes is highly desirable but not required:

• CCNA Route and Switch – Data Center
• CCNP Route and Switch
• Cisco AMP
• Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS)
• Cisco Duo MFA for VPN and network & server administration
• Cisco Wi‑Fi technologies and wireless access controllers
• CradlePoint mobile routers with onboard modems and SIMs
• Palo Alto firewalls and VPN
• Azure networking tools including Azure load balancers, NSGs, and vNets
• Deploying devices in Azure Gov using custom ARM templates
• SMS gateway services
• WAN bonding

About NextGen

NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:

• Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
• Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
• Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
• Strive to achieve results as an organization.
• Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
• Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
• Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
• Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.