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Job Summary:
Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity, software and systems engineering, and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The Network Security Engineer will provide engineering expertise to analyze complex systems, network design, and hardware issues, while ensuring solutions meet user requirements and security specifications.
Responsibilities:
• Provide engineering expertise to analyze complex systems, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues.
• Procure and perform acceptance testing on equipment.
• Provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial.
• Deploy, install, and implement hardware at Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS).
• Prepare specifications for hardware by analyzing documented and derived system requirements.
• Conduct site surveys.
• Prepare engineering plans and site Technical Design Packages.
• Organize and direct hardware installations.
• Configure (and document configuration of) computers, networking devices and various peripheral equipment.
• Prepare site installation and test reports.
• Ensure that problems have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user's requirements.
• Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging hardware technologies.
• Provide specific input to the hardware components of system design to include end-user devices, servers, networking devices, data storage devices, and specialized processors.
• Conduct site surveys; assesses and documents current site network configuration and site­ unique requirements.
• Organize and direct hardware installations across multiple sites.
• Analyze and recommend hardware specifications for project-unique or modified commercial hardware.
• Assist with building simulations of proposed systems and provide hardware throughput analyses to system engineers.
• Design and verify test harnesses/simulated interfaces for all test and integration phases.
• Prepare Mean-Time-Between-Failure and Mean-Time-To-Repair analyses.
• Analyze operational data to identify choke points, failure modes, and other data for design or maintainability improvements.
• Review proposed systems, and support of network communications, including LAN/WAN systems.
• Evaluate current systems and annotate system vulnerabilities.
• Research and analyze data of various products to include COTS/GOTS components and GFE to determine feasibility of design or application.
• Provide skilled technical assistance in network planning, engineering, and architecture.
• Assist in the development of technical standards and interface applications, identify and evaluate new products, and provide resolution for network problems.
• Provide evaluations of systems, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable governmental security specifications.
• Assist with the development of security system documentation on both new and fielded information systems.
• Develop, analyze, and provide feedback on wired and wireless network systems.
• Plan large and small-scale systems system vendor comparison, cost studies, and security.
• Plan and evaluate complex existing network systems and make recommendations for resources required to maintain and/or expand service levels.
• Independently develop technical standards and interface applications, identify and evaluate new products, and provide resolution for network problems.
• Independently develop security system documentation of both new and fielded information systems.
• Analyze, identify, describe, and brief system weaknesses and provide proposed system improvements.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Ten (10) years’ experience as a Network Security Engineer analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional Network Security engineering experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
• Must meet DoD approved 8570 Baseline Certification for IAT Level II.
• Possess at least 2 of the following vendor certifications: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA), Sonicwall Network Security Administrator (SNSA), Sonicwall Network Security Professional (SNSP), Symantec ProxySG 6.7 Technical Specialist or Cisco CCNA or higher.
• CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
• U.S. Citizenship
Company:
Synergy ECP deals with cybersecurity, information technology, procurement support, project management and financial analysis. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Columbia, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.