NextGen Solutions Corp is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer / Systems & Storage Administrator for a hybrid role serving the DMV area from Washington, DC. This contract position offers an hourly rate of $80.00 to $100.00 and a consistent schedule of 40 hours per week, with work supported remotely in Washington, DC 20024.
You will help safeguard IT infrastructure through proactive security strategies, incident response support, and hands-on management of complex systems and storage solutions, including on-premises and cloud environments using Azure.
Responsibilities
- Identify network problems and recommend improvements to support optimal performance.
- Monitor and analyze data traffic patterns within the OCFO Network infrastructure.
- Improve security by staying current on latest threats, including worms and malware, and advise on deterrence.
- Enhance network reliability through security and infrastructure actions.
- Develop strategic systems architecture plans based on enterprise needs.
- Support storage infrastructure, including NetApp environments and technologies such as virtualization/arrays, FC/FCOE, NFS, and iSCSI.
- Design and administer VMware Infrastructure, including integration with SAN for vMotion and VMware SRM multi-site administration.
- Apply advanced disaster recovery and business continuity knowledge, including the processes and tools required.
- Manage Active Directory for operational stability, maintenance, and continuity.
- Design and build solutions using on-premises computer, networking, and storage technologies, with cloud design and support for large-scale projects in Azure.
- Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other appliances in compliance with OCFO security standards.
- Monitor perimeter security controls to help prevent breaches and safeguard information.
- Determine enterprise information assurance and security standards, and develop and implement security standards and procedures.
- Coordinate, develop, and evaluate organizational security programs; recommend information assurance and security solutions aligned to customer requirements.
- Identify, report, and resolve security violations.
- Establish and satisfy information assurance and security requirements based on analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
- Support customers at the highest level in developing and implementing doctrine and policies.
- Apply security expertise across government and commercial common user systems, plus dedicated systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
- Perform analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures, including defining security requirements for mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
- Analyze general information assurance technical issues and provide basic engineering and technical support.
- Conduct vulnerability and risk analyses across all phases of the system development life cycle, and ensure information systems remain functional and secure.
Requirements
- 16+ years developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required).
- 16+ years performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications (Required).
- 16+ years identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations (Required).
- Experience in complex Enterprise-level projects (Required).
- Expert understanding of Windows server operating systems (Required).
- Knowledge of on-premises and cloud security productions (Required).
- Good understanding of IP Networks/Security (Required).
- Extensive experience troubleshooting NetApp SAN (Required).
- Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi (Required).
- Good understanding of server/endpoint operating systems (Required).
- Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting experience (Required).
- In-depth experience with Disaster Recovery & Avoidance planning (Required).
- Cloud Azure (Highly Desired).
- In-depth knowledge of SAN replication/Disaster Recovery (Highly Desired).
- VMware Site Recovery Manager experience (Highly Desired).
- Excellent understanding of troubleshooting IT infrastructure (Highly Desired).
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience (Required).
- Master’s Degree in IT or related field (Highly desired).
- Security CISSP, Security+, CEH (Required).
Technologies
- NetApp Storage, FC, FCOE, NFS, iSCSI
- VMware Infrastructure, vMotion, VMware SRM
- Azure cloud
- Routers, Switches, Firewalls
- Active Directory
- Windows server operating systems, Windows 2016 AD Enterprise
- VMware ESXi, VMware Site Recovery Manager
- SAN replication, Disaster Recovery