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Job Summary:
PlanIT Group is seeking a Systems Engineer IV – Blue Coat/Proxy to support their Federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The role involves designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining proxy solutions to efficiently manage network traffic, ensuring a secure and reliable network infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
• Design and Implementation: Designing and implementing proxy solutions to route and manage network traffic effectively.
• Security Measures: Implementing security measures on proxy servers to protect against cyber threats, monitoring network traffic for suspicious activities.
• Performance Optimization: Optimizing proxy server performance through fine-tuning configurations, troubleshooting network issues, and improving performance.
• Network Monitoring: Monitoring network traffic, proxy server logs, and system performance to ensure stability and reliability.
• Compliance and Documentation: Ensuring proxy server configurations adhere to security standards, maintaining documentation, and records.
• Collaborative Support: Collaborating with team members, providing technical support to end-users, and collaborating on network infrastructure needs.
• Continuous Improvement: Staying updated on proxy server technologies, recommending enhancements, and implementing improvements.
• Incident Response: Responding to proxy server incidents, vulnerabilities, and security breaches in a timely and effective manner.
• 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 assigned
• Works on high-visibility, or mission critical aspects of a given program, and performs all functional duties independently.
• Oversees the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 7+ years of BlueCoat/Proxy experience in supporting large networks.
• 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 on the architecture, design and deployment of these Symantec BlueCoat Product solutions: Advance Secure Gateway (ASG/SG) Proxies, Management Center, Reporter, Web Security Services.
• A minimum of thirteen (13) to twenty (20) years' relevant experience.
• A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred. Four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a college degree is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field then four additional years of related experience is required.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident only.
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded.
Preferred:
• 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.
Company:
PlanIT Group is an IT and engineering professional services company which provides top-tier talent to various commercial and government customers. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Charlotte, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.