Network Engineer with Security Clearance

Apex Systems is hiring for a Network Engineer to support our large government client supporting the Department of the Navy in Oahu, HI!

The position requires an active DOD Secret security clearance.

If interested in applying, please email a copy of your updated resume AND active IT certification(s) to Cameron at Title: Network Engineer Location: Oahu, Hawaii (on-site) Clearance: Active Secret Contract Duration: One year contract-to-permanent-hire opportunity Position Overview: The Network Engineer will serve on a team of technical Engineers in support of multiple government programs.

Candidates will be involved in the planning, design, development, implementation, and technical support of multi-platform, multi-system networks that includes requirements analysis and optimizing network performance.

The ideal candidate will possess good communication, presentation, and writing skills.

They will have a proven track record of being a problem solver and team player who is capable of working in a technically challenging environment supporting the Department of the Navy.

Key Responsibilities: · Providing on-call and touch labor support in the sustainment of networks.

· Responsible for providing SME to assist in the sustainment of the Dept.

of the Navy networks.

· Installation, configuration and support of network appliances.

· Proven ability to install and configure physical components; routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN gateways.

· Utilizing network monitoring, management and other tools to ensure network security and optimal performance.

· Effectively interact via good verbal and written communications with technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Program Managers.

· Technical documentation.

· On-call support for CONUS and OCONUS requirements.

Qualifications and Experience: · Active, DoD-issued Secret Security Clearance · Bachelor degree from any accredited university in Information Technology or Cybersecurity · CompTIA Security+ CE Certification · Desired: CCENT, CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, and CISSP Certification · 5+ years with network architectures with detailed understanding of network and security appliances.

· Expertise in network analysis, management, design, capacity and throughput planning.

· Experience with Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Aruba, Cisco ISE, and F5.

· Experience with Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.1ac and 802.11ax.

· Experience and understanding with implementation and troubleshooting various routing protocol.

· Experience and understanding with implementation and troubleshooting various switching protocol.

· Experience and understanding with PKI implementation and troubleshooting communications between routers via IPsec.

· Experience and understanding in how to generate CSR (Certificate Signing Request) for various network devices and adding approved certificates to respective network devices afterward.

· Experience and understanding with firewall rules and applications of ACLs.

· Experience and understanding with network load balancers at layer 3 and layer 7.

· Experience and understanding of 802.1X standards.

· Familiar with running and configuring ACAS scans and STIG scans.

· Familiar with hardening systems such as DoD STIG’ing and SCAP scanning.