Network/Systems Administrator 1 (Network Edge Operations Team - 1st Shift Tues-Sat)

Summary: GovCIO is seeking a qualified network engineer to support the Network Edge Operations team dedicated to serving the nation's Veterans. The role involves maintaining and analyzing the VA's network, providing Tier II support, and ensuring operational and security capabilities of the network gateways. Responsibilities: - Maintains operational and security capabilities of the VA’s network gateways - Supports the VA NOC by providing Tier II network engineering support and troubleshooting - Respond to Help Desk escalations via phone call, email, or the VA’s ticketing system - Maintain existing NOC processes and procedures as well as recommend improvements to the chain of command - Maintain evolving corporate knowledge including information in diagrams, databases, technical documentation, etc - Participate in technical reviews and recommend solutions and/or improvements where possible - Performs routine maintenance on network devices and services - Works closely with network architecture and engineering transition teams on projects destined for operational implementation Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field with 0-2 years of experience. 5 years of additional experience may be substituted for degree - Must be able to pass and maintain a Tier 4 (BI) Government Background Investigation - Firm knowledge with IP addressing and Subnetting, TCP/UDP, Access-control lists, DNS, Nslookup - Understanding and preferably experience with: Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT) Routing, IPSec VPNs, Cisco CLI (ASAs, routers, switches), Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama (GUI), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), F5 Local Traffic Manager, F5 Global Traffic Manager, Wireshark or similar tool Preferred Qualifications: - CCNA (route/switch) or CCNP a plus - CCNA Security or CCNP Security a plus - Knowledge of multi-area OSPF, BGP and MPLS environments - Experience with Citrix Access Gateway and NetScaler's - Experience with Cisco Any Connect VPN, Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) - Experience setting up Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs utilizing Cisco Firewalls and/or Cisco Routers - Experience using network management tools such as Solarwinds, NGenius, RightIT NOW - Familiarity of application-level protocols such as HTTP/HTTPs, SSL/TLS, DNSSec and SNMP - Experience with utilizing ticketing systems for tracking and reporting work - Experience running network level packet capture and analysis to assist with troubleshooting efforts Required Skills: IP addressing, Subnetting, TCP, UDP, Access-control lists, DNS, Nslookup, Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT), Routing, IPSec VPNs, Cisco CLI, Cisco ASAs, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Palo Alto Firewalls, Panorama GUI, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), F5 Local Traffic Manager, F5 Global Traffic Manager, Wireshark, CCNA, CCNP, CCNA Security, CCNP Security, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Citrix Access Gateway, NetScaler, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE), Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs, Solarwinds, NGenius, RightIT NOW, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, DNSSec, SNMP, Ticketing systems, Network packet capture and analysis