Principal Engineer, Network Security (IDS-Level III)
This position is located in our VA, Springfield facility
- Focus will be on Requirements Analysis, Development and Implementation
- Engineer and implement solutions for Projects based on customer Change Requests
- Serve as the technical representative for assigned projects.
- Provide recommendations on newly submitted actions items.
- Coordinate issues with the appropriate owners/organizations.
- Provide concurrence on decisions or recommendations by assigned suspense.
- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, surveys, site visits, scenarios, business analysis and test/workflow analysis.
- Write requirement specs according to standard templates.
- Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements.
- Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams).
- Perform requirement analysis and verification, ensuring requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and they conform to standards.
- Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the review process.
- Identify requirement errors and defects, and write response statements to appropriate owners/organizations.
- An understanding of how to practice requirements engineering according to several hardware/software development life cycles in a team environment.
- Knowledge of product management concepts and how Enterprise network products are positioned and implemented.
- Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure attainment of performance and availability objectives.
- Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.
- Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices
- Follows all Customer network security processes and procedures, ensures compliance with all Government policies.
- Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams.
Required Skills
- Security Clearance: active TS/SCI
- Ability to work independently with little direction and guidance
- Network design and engineering (Advanced Level)
- Creation of network related Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) equipment lists and costing
- Ability to estimate labor needed to complete planning, engineering, procurement, and installation of complex Enterprise Transport solutions
- Understanding of DISA and IC standards and processes
- Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents and present oral presentations to senior/executive management
- Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities
- Proficient is MS Office suite
- Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
- Ability to work weekends and evening hours as needed
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Ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph. Travel
- May need to deploy in support of U.S. contingency operations, up to 180 days.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field 8-10 years of directly related experience in network analysis and design.
- Technical experience in Network and Transport technologies, tools, and techniques
- Experience with large-scale enterprise/global networks in a high paced diverse environment
- Understanding and experience with the DoD Architecture Framework and other key DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions
- Experience with CISCO and Juniper, switches, routers, Cryptographic devises, VPN and VPN client.
- Experience with Network analysis tools (CISCO Network Analysis Modules, Solar Winds Network Management, OPNET NetOne, HP Network Node Manager, etc.)
- Experience with CISCO firewall/VPN equipment (Adaptive Security Appliance, etc)
- Experience with supporting IP services to connect to NIPRNET, SIPRNET and JWICS (IPv4, VPN, IPv6, Multicast, QOS, SDN, SNMP, VOIP, VTC, etc)
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Experience with EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and multicast. Desired Certifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- IAT Level II Certification
- CISCO CCNP, CCVP, CCNA or CCDP
- ITIL v3 Foundations
- ISC2 CISSP Click Here to Apply
Desired Skills and Experience
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