Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Viasat is a company focused on delivering global communication solutions. They are seeking a highly skilled Network and Systems Engineer to architect, develop, secure, and maintain networks and systems within the Government organization.
Responsibilities
- Corrective Maintenance. Troubleshoot complex failures involving: routing, switching, firewalls, virtual machines, storage, compute, etc
- Analyzing the root cause of failures. In the process of fixing the problem, hardware or software may need to be replaced, upgraded, reconfigured, etc. Once service is restored, a true root cause must be identified. Once root cause is identified, procedures are updated and training provided as mitigation
- Performing preventative maintenance of hardware, software, and networks. This is accomplished via routine inspection, backup, physical maintenance, etc. Collaboration with the other team members to ensure accuracy and thoroughness of pre, main, and post executuion work
- Managing Network projects. The team has numerous mid to long term initiatives underway at any given moment. The staff is assigned to a project, and they are expected to champion that project from start to finish
- Documenting procedure creation, corrective actions, configurations, diagrams, etc. The documentation consists of trouble tickets and logs, equipment configurations, wiring diagrams, block and level diagrams, logic diagrams, rack elevation drawings, physical interconnection diagrams, backhaul circuit information, System Change Control, Corrective Action Reports
- Cyber and Information Assuredness. You will work closely with the Cyber Security Operations Center, and the Security Engineering team to identify vulnerabilities, verify network impact, and remediate applicable components. You will perform STIGs on a quarterly basis along with other RMF/ATO activities on a routine basis
Skills
- 5+ years' demonstrable experience with routing and switching protocols, firewall policies and virtual machines
- Validated experience in the networking or systems field
- Familiarity with STIG, POAM, IAVM, and other government security policies
- Active CCNA, CCIE, CISSP or equivalent certification
- Security+ (must obtain within 45 days)
- Associates Degree in computing, electronic engineering, information systems, or equivalent experience
- US Government position. US Citizenship required
- Active DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible
- Ability to travel up to 15%
- Ability to work an on-call rotation
- CCNP or CISSP
- PaloAlto Certification
- RedHat Linux RHCSA Certifications
- Demonstrated experience in a Cloud environment
- Active DoD Secret Clearance
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent experience
- Artificial Intelligence basics
- Automation using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, etc
- Nessus, Security Center familiarity
- Identity and access management
- Experience configuring, administering, upgrading, and securing a wide variety of equipment and applications
Benefits
- Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package
- A range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered
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