Sr. Network Administrator

Copper River Technologies is seeking a Sr Network Administrator to optimize windows application server configurations for high-availability, high security, and redundancy to support FSI Learn applications and FSI training system applications.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Configure and Maintain NetVCR Appliances for packet inspection of http and https web server connections to Learn.com Learncenter LMS software applications.
• Configure and Implement Cisco Next Generation Firewall systems and Cisco Next Generation Intrusion Protection Systems for protection of FSI DIN systems and FSI distance learning initiatives.
• Configure and Maintain F5 ASM (Application Security Manager) security software modules for packet inspection of http and https web server connections to Learn.com Learncenter LMS software.
• Review, assess, and implement backbone system security optimizations for Firewall Syslogs, Cisco IDS logs, NetVCR IDS logs, F5 Load balancer ASM logs, CSACS logs.
• Provide network backbone messaging engineering services for the FSI Primary network backbone systems (OpenNet), and FSI DINs backbone systems (DMZ, WiFi, DOM5, FSI NET, DOMS) environments.
• Deploy and expand Microsoft Exchange servers, implement new Distributed Availability Groups (DAGS), and implement Microsoft Exchange Edge servers.
• Provide wireless network backbone engineering and maintenance services for all FSI locations.
• Provide inter-site network backbone engineering and maintenance services for all FSI locations.
• Prepare firewall change report.
• Verify backup of firewall configuration, verify backup of IPS configuration, review monitoring server for disk space, and review monitoring server for successful backup, verify timestamp on firewall and IPS.
• Review CSACS failed authentication log and Review CSACS passed authentication log.
• Configure and maintain Cisco IPS and NetVCR IPS Systems with current signatures, correct inspection settings, current operating systems, reporting configuration settings, and connectivity settings.
• Prepare weekly security monitoring reports for FSI/EX/OMIS (Network Enterprise Architecture Team) Branch chief on weekly security events and anomalous events.
• Prepare ad-hoc network security event notifications as required related to emerging security events.
• Configure and Implement ESX VMware systems and NetApp Storage systems and EMC Storage systems for FSI Distance Learning Initiatives with High Availability and Fault Tolerance.
• Implement new Microsoft and Cloud-based server solutions to support emerging distance learning applications and FSI training system applications.

Requirements:

• Required Clearance:
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field or additional year's experience
  • Must possess one of the following industry recognized certifications:
    • Cisco CCNP Security
    • CISSP
    • Microsoft MCSE

• Knowledge/Experience:
  • Must have a minimum of 5+ years professional experience.
  • Expert level understanding of packet inspection technologies, especially, tcp packet header inspection and intrusion protection, IP packet data inspection and intrusion protection, application-level packet inspection and intrusion protection for SQL injection, and cross-site scripting events.
  • Engineering Experience securing technology-based and distance learning application curricula software.
  • Familiarity with DMZ security infrastructures and defense in depth security engineering principles.
  • Engineering experience load-balancing web-based technologies, web-servers, and distance learning application curricula software.
  • Engineering experience managing and deploying enterprise messaging systems including enterprise email backbone components, mail flow, mail security, DNS records, and database management.
  • Engineering experience implementing, maintaining, and deploying Microsoft Exchange server systems, server-side Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access, and ActiveSync technologies.
  • Engineering experience of Microsoft Lync collaboration software systems.