Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. World Wide Technology is hiring a Systems Architect III for an Enterprise Zero Trust Program supporting a DoD client. The role leads network design, implementation, security, and maintenance, as well as installation, migration, and configuration activities across multiple locations.
Responsibilities
- Leading in designing, implementing, and maintaining complex network systems, including LAN, WAN, and wireless networks
- Identifying, analyzing, and resolving network issues, providing technical support and guidance to other engineers
- Planning for future network needs, including capacity planning, new service offerings, and resource allocation
- Ensuring network security by implementing and maintaining security protocols, monitoring threats, and addressing vulnerabilities
- Documenting network configurations, procedures, and standards, ensuring consistency and maintainability
- Leading network engineering projects, managing timelines, budgets, and resources
- Hiring, mentoring, training, and developing other network engineers
- Developing and maintaining disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity in case of network failures
- Involvement in vendor selection, contract negotiation, and maintenance support
- Researching and evaluating new technologies to identify opportunities for network enhancements
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in network and communication roles, with a focus on LAN/WAN, wireless, and network security
- Deep understanding of networking principles, including TCP/IP, the OSI model, and various network topologies
- Expertise in designing, implementing, and managing networks, including LANs, WANs, and wireless services
- Knowledge of network security best practices, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and data security protocols
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve network issues
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and technologies
- Knowledge of scripting languages and automation tools to automate network tasks
- Experience in managing network projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring
- A commitment to staying up to date with the latest network technologies and best practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Highly self-motivated
- Detail Oriented
- Current Secret clearance
- Relevant certifications required for Base and Compute Environment applicable to DoD 8570 IAT Level II
- Expertise in network design, analysis, optimization, and operation of LAN/WAN and wireless services, as well as network security services
- Experience with routing & switching, multicast, and QoS
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and public relations skills
- Experience with common security threats and protections to network, cloud, and endpoint resources
- Experience in log forwarding and event correlation with an enterprise grade SIEM
- Experience with public cloud networking and security technologies in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Experience with network security technologies (Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, etc.)
- Experience with SD-WAN solutions and network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)
- Strong expertise in firewall architecture and security best practices
- Knowledge of cloud security and securing cloud applications
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in the design, configuration, troubleshooting, and administration of NGFW virtual and physical appliances
- Strong working knowledge of and experience with common network protocols including but not limited to: BGP, OSPF, STP, ARP, VLANs, Trunking, LACP, VPCs, ICMP, LDAP, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, TLS, SMTP, SSH, SCP
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and certificates
- Implementation and administration experience with one or more Multi-Factor Authentication technologies
- Implementation and administration experience with forward and reverse proxies and/or load balancers
- Threat intelligence experience (consumption, presentation, and enforcement of indicators)
- This is a full-time direct hire position and you must currently have an active Secret Security Clearance or above
- We are not able to offer visa sponsorship, 1099 status, or work with C2C for this role
- Design, implementation, and administration experience with one or more Multi-Factor Authentication technologies
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues
- Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Familiarity with NIST SP 800 series
- Additional certifications related to Security and Route/ Switch would be a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Benefits
- For all full-time employees: Health, Dental, and Vision Care
- For all full-time employees: Onsite Health Centers
- For all full-time employees: Employee Assistance Program
- For all full-time employees: Wellness program
- For all full-time employees: Profit Sharing
- For all full-time employees: 401k Plan with Company Matching
- For all full-time employees: Life and Disability Insurance
- For all full-time employees: Tuition Reimbursement
- For all full-time employees: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year)
- For all full-time employees: Holidays (10 per year)
- For all full-time employees: Parental Leave
- For all full-time employees: Military Leave
- For all full-time employees: Bereavement
- For all full-time employees: Nursing Mothers Benefits
- For all full-time employees: Voluntary Legal
- For all full-time employees: Pet Insurance
- For all full-time employees: Employee Discount Program
- Remote nationwide (preferred locations)
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