Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location: Onsite, Rockville, MD

Certification: None required; CCNP / CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, Zscaler or Cisco ISE certifications preferred

Work Schedule: Onsite Monday–Friday, business hours. Scheduled maintenance windows (e.g., Tuesdays 6–8 p.m. ET), with upgrades on weekends and some Fridays; onsite after-hours/weekend maintenance about every 9 weeks; on-call rotation about every 10 weeks

Start Date: Immediate

Job Summary

· Serve as a hands-on senior engineer on HRSA’s enterprise network team, working with the technical lead, project managers and HRSA stakeholders.

· Design, plan, implement and maintain enterprise LAN/WAN, Zscaler and network security infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls and remote access systems.

· Configure and manage Cisco ASA / Firepower and Palo Alto (Panorama) firewalls, Cisco switches and remote access systems for secure, scalable operations.

· Implement and support RSA SecurID / RSA Authentication Manager integrated with VPN, RADIUS and LDAP, and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).

· Troubleshoot complex network, VPN and authentication issues using Wireshark packet captures, SolarWinds, Riverbed, Grafana and Cribl.

· Design, implement and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 network architectures; manage Azure network security groups (NSGs).

· Perform Cisco switch and firewall software upgrades, vulnerability remediation and TLS certificate renewals during scheduled maintenance windows under change management.

· Maintain network-security SOPs, network diagrams and technical documentation, support backup, recovery and federal and HHS policy compliance.

· Support network upgrades, technology refresh and new-technology evaluations, and assist with hardware, software and vendor procurement.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

· 8+ years of network engineering experience in federal or enterprise-level IT environments.

· Cisco ASA 5500 / Firepower firewalls (required); Palo Alto firewalls managed with Panorama.

· Expert Cisco switching, including network software upgrades; LAN/WAN routing and switching; IPv4 and IPv6.

· Expert troubleshooting of complex network issues, including packet-capture (PCAP) analysis with Wireshark.

· Zscaler, Cisco IPsec VPN troubleshooting and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).

· RSA SecurID / RSA Authentication Manager and network authentication protocols (RADIUS, LDAP).

· Azure networking with network security groups (NSGs).

· SolarWinds, including automation scripts; Riverbed, Grafana or Cribl for monitoring and troubleshooting.

· Vulnerability remediation, TLS certificate renewal and installation, and change management processes.

· Writing, maintaining and implementing network-security SOPs and technical documentation (required).

· Willing to work onsite after hours and on weekends for maintenance windows and to take part in the on-call rotation (required).

· Strong problem-solving, communication and organizational skills.

· Able to pass a Public Trust (NACI / Tier 1) investigation; must have lived in the U.S. at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience supporting HHS or other federal civilian agency networks.

· Current or recent federal Public Trust investigation.

· CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE, Zscaler or Cisco ISE certifications.

· NetScaler / Citrix ADC exposure.

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