Mission-Critical Network Systems Engineer

National Security Agency; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Security Agency is seeking results-driven networking professionals to design, develop, deploy, sustain and monitor state-of-the-art network solutions (WAN, CAN, LAN, DCN and Satellite networks) deployed across NSA worldwide.

Qualifications include a degree in networking/IT/engineering or related fields, with applicable certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CISSP/ISSP) and RMF familiarity; experience in network engineering and cyber analysis is valued.

Qualifications

• Degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• Military training/coursework must be networking/IT/cyber topics.
• Experience in network admin, system design, or cyber analysis and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, sustain and monitor state-of-the-art network solutions across NSA WAN/LAN/DCN and satellite links.
• Work with multi-vendor infrastructure (Cisco, Juniper, Arista) and security devices.
• Evaluate SDN implementations for data center and WAN contexts.
• Maintain security with Next-Gen Firewalls, VPNs and encryption devices.
• Utilize monitoring tools (NetFlow, Wireshark, Splunk) for performance analysis.

Skills

Network Security

Network Routing

RMF

CCNA

CCNP

CISSP

Threat analysis

Cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering/CS

Associate's degree + 2 years

Cyber training courses

Tools

NetFlow Tracker

HP Network Node Manager

Cisco LMS

Wireshark

Splunk

Job description

The National Security Agency is seeking results-driven networking professionals to design, develop, deploy, sustain and monitor state-of-the-art network solutions (WAN, CAN, LAN, DCN and Satellite networks) deployed across NSA worldwide.

Qualifications include a degree in networking/IT/engineering or related fields, with applicable certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CISSP/ISSP) and RMF familiarity; experience in network engineering and cyber analysis is valued.