Network Security Administrator Job in Frederick 21702, Maryland US

Network Security Administrator needed for a Direct Hire in the DC Area.

 

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Network Security Administrator will be a part of the Technical Services Team.

- The Network Security Administrator will be primarily focused on deploying and supporting Juniper equipment, with some involvement in Cisco.

- Maintain and operate all LAN (Wired/Wireless), WAN, Acceleration and Firewall procedures for engineering operations including detailed network diagrams as well as device configuration documents templates

- Provide second level technical support for all LAN (Wired/Wireless) and WAN issues; work closely with the central and regional network support centers

- Provide occasional off-hours support

- Follow Change Management procedures

- The overall role of the Technical Services team is to deploy and provide the operational support for infrastructure technologies that connect the user’s experience to our back-end systems.  These systems include load balancing, application delivery, and security. Specific technologies the team manages include: Citrix XennApp, Citrix Netscaler, Microsoft ISA server and Juniper and Cisco Firewalls. 

 

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

- a minimum of 3 years of experience deploying and supporting network technologies including Juniper or Cisco equipment including firewalls, routers, switches, zoning, Access Control Lists and route filters.

- a minimum of 2 years experience in LAN WAN technologies including Juniper NetScreen SRX firewalls, NSM or Juno-Space, with actual experience in design, zoning, installation, configuration, and operation of these technologies.

- Ability to provide solutions to complex LAN / WAN issues, firewall zoning architecture

- Knowledge of network protocols, data flows, JUNOS and Cisco IOS, and vulnerabilities within a TCP/IP environment

- Knowledge of Ethernet connectivity, 802.1X, IPSec/SSL VPN, fully mesh enterprise mesh and non-mesh WAN topologies, etc

- Experience working with Inter-Exchange and LEC carriers to provision services resolve problems

- Skilled in Project Management coordination with inter-disciplinary teams

- Understanding of advanced technologies such as Encryption, QoS, policy based routing, 802.1x, WPA2, WAN accelerators caching

- Experience working with various network equipment vendors investigating technologies, configurations problem resolution including root cause analysis

- Proficiencies in configuring switches and routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF are desired

- Experience in implementing IP network in a Microsoft Environment, including, DNS, DHCP,  Proxy and DHCP

- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to document technical processes

- Strong time management skills with a focus on quality service and deliverables

- Juniper JNCIA- Junos/FWV, Cisco CCNA Certification

- Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, MIS or Engineering preferred)

 

Qualified candidates please send resume in WORD to maclean@recruitwise.jobs