SYSCOM, Inc. provides specialized information technology resources that possess the requisite skills and capabilities to deliver enterprise level solutions that help our client’s achieve their objectives.  At SYSCOM, we have a proven process that brings the best and brightest resources into our organization. Our teammates have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as coordination and organization skills.  The objective of our approach is to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.

SYSCOM is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer that can actively participate in the planning and coordinating the design, installation, and connectivity of computer and network systems to ensure stable, scalable, redundant, and secure 24x7 network operations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Pro-actively identifying organization requirements, and helping to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
• Performing project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks.
• Providing assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
• Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance.
• Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks.
• Leading migrations or assisting a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in depth solutions.
• Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
• Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
• Leading, scheduling, providing guidance and coordinating activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
• Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with team or on as needed basis.

Minimum qualifications, candidate must meet all:
Associate degree in an Information Technology related field (i.e. computer science, information technology, etc.)

• Candidate must possess current (non-expired) certifications as follows:
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification  
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.
• Ten (10) years technical experience in IT networking and network security from Continental United States.  

Highly desirable qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.
• Current, active certifications as follows:

• Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE) Certification from Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Enterprise Infrastructure or Security Certification

Candidate should possess the following preferred skills, experience, and capabilities:

• Five (5) years of experience with: (1) Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services.
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks.
• Content Filtering Palo Alto networks.
• Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems.
• Data Loss Prevention
• TLS/SSL Inspection
• Four (4) years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems.
• Three (3) years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks.
• Two (2) years of experience in Network Access Control - Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).

• Experience implementing multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft.
• Experience with Cloud based virtual networking and security services
• Experience with authentication standards - (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications.
• Experience with scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Experience with enterprise Data Center implementing Micro segmentation.
• Experience with certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Experience with vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS
• Experience with Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps.
• Centralized Management using Panorama, SolarWinds experience  
• Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities knowledge
• Ability to work independently, troubleshoot and provide mentoring to junior associates
• Ability to communicate effectively when providing presentations.
• Ability to produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans and schedules, and user instructions) as required.

Work Location: Monday – Friday week hybrid work, with two days per week remote (offsite) and three days per work onsite in Annapolis, MD 21401.  The candidate must be available for on call support as required and may be required to report onsite within as little as a 4 hour notice.




 

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