Network Engineer / Security Specialist

General Dynamics Information Technology; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Network Engineer/Security Specialist, providing critical support for a key Federal agency's network infrastructure. This role involves designing and maintaining secure systems, ensuring robust connectivity for over 32,000 sites. Candidates should have extensive experience in network engineering with a focus on proxy server technologies for optimal performance.

Benefits

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications

Paid vacation and holidays

Qualifications

• 7+ years of BlueCoat/Proxy experience in supporting large networks.
• Strong understanding of network, protocol and application traffic flows.
• HTTP proxy configuration, integration, and administration expertise.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining proxy solutions.
• Leads assessment and technical implementation activities related to proxy platforms.
• Documents solution requirements given business and technical objectives.

Skills

Network Engineering

Network Infrastructures

Proxy Servers

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

HTTP

SSH

SSL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field

Tools

Bluecoat

Symantec BlueCoat Product solutions

SNMP

Syslog

PKI

HSM

VPN

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Network Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Network Engineering, Network Infrastructures, Proxy Servers

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Engineer/Security Specialist supporting a key Federal agency. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

USPS is looking for a Network Engineer/Security Specialist to support the USPS Network Connectivity Platform (NCP) team to provide network technologies and infrastructure support ensuring always on, always available systems to our employees, customers, and for 32K sites.

The Network Engineer/Security Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining proxy solutions to manage network traffic efficiently. You will ensure proper monitoring and optimization in maintaining a secure, efficient, and reliable network infrastructure through your expertise in proxy server technologies and network security practices.

HOW A NETWORK ENGINEER/SECURITY SPECIALIST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Leads assessment, design and technical implementation activities related to the Bluecoat product platforms
• Documents solution requirements given business and technical objectives
• Designs and implements pilot and production architecture given success criteria
• Defines, creates, and maintains proxy policies
• Executes SSL Interception with an integrated internal PKI environment
• Understands various proxy authentication methods with relation to a domain environment
• Executes production deployment criteria to complete a job
• Leads root-cause analysis and troubleshooting effort for production deployment
• Functions as a liaison between the client and Symantec Support
• Competent in reporting issues, anomalies and problems through proper channels (i.e., account management, technical support)
• Provides incident status reports as required
• Achieves Key Performance Indicators
• Performs other duties relevant to deployment and security operations as assigned
• Experience with other various IT technologies:
  • SNMP
  • Syslog
  • PKI
  • HSM
  • VPN

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of BlueCoat/Proxy experience in supporting large networks.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent experience

Required skills:

• HTTP proxy configuration, integration, and administration expertise. Preferred Broadcom Bluecoat
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/s and HTTP proxy.
• Understanding of network, protocol and application traffic flows
• Proficient in the architecture, design and deployment of these Symantec BlueCoat Product solutions:
  • Advance Secure Gateway (ASG/SG) Proxies
  • Management Center
  • Reporter
  • Web Security Services

Desired Skills:

• Experience with APIs, scripting, and Splunk data flows. Preferred Perl, Python and JavaScript
• Strong understanding of HTTP proxy including circuit gateways (generic proxies)
• Proficient with application layer protocols – HTTP, SSH, SSL, etc.

Location:

• Raleigh, NC – Hybrid (4 days in office and 1 day remote )
• Evenings may be required, as needed

Security Clearance Level:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement.The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows:U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• The internal mobility team is dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities include paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $166,280 - $224,968. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA NC Raleigh

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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