Network Engineer- 4068949
TCGAbout the role
You've stumbled upon the rare B Corp government contractor! At TCG, we aim to prove that businesses can be good to their employees and responsible to their community while being profitable. We're an award-winning IT solutions provider to the Federal government seeking a Network Engineer to join our project team at a major federal agency.
US Citizenship is required for this role. In addition, the selected applicant must submit to a government background investigation and be favorably adjudicated before their first day.
This position will be onsite 2xs a week in Washington DC. The selected candidate must live within commuting distance of Washington, D.C.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Advanced troubleshooting of systems and network issues
- Maintenance of a variety of security tools and their supporting components (Nessus, Splunk, Burp Suite, SonarQube, Trivy, etc.)
- Leverage monitoring software (Zabbix, Matomo, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.) for analyzing and reporting on systems
- Monitoring and tuning system configurations to improve performance and address errors
- Supporting development teams in implementing application specific monitoring for availability and functionality
- Fortinet firewall, iptables, and proxy support
- Cisco network and fiber channel switch configuration and updates
- Managing the internal network including ipv6, micro-segmentation, zero-trust, proxy, DNS, firewall configurations, authentication, etc.
- Scripting and task automation (Bash, Python, curl, regex, PowerShell, etc.)
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working as a Network Engineer
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and skills
- Working knowledge of network protocols and the ability to perform diagnostics
- Ability to create system documentation for ongoing system management
- Able to independently monitor, troubleshoot, and tune system configurations
- Able to develop and maintain BASH, Python, and PowerShell scripts
- Experience with Public Key Infrastructure and managing encryption keys and certificates
- Independent problem-solving skills, IT troubleshooting, Software debugging, strong analytical abilities, creativity, and a clear appreciation of customer needs
- Networking experience in the following: firewalls/routers/switch management, Cisco VPN, ipv4/ipv6, OSPF, BGP
- Strong verbal communications skills
- Must be detail oriented and comfortable using issue tracking systems.
- Must be comfortable conducting prioritization, problem assessment and problem solving independently.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Working knowledge of network security best practices
- Experience with programming in some combination of Bash/Java/Perl/PHP/C/C++/go/Ruby/Python
- Linux server administration
- System administration experience building and configuring some subset of the following:
- Linux Management Tools: Satellite, libvirt/kvm virtualization, puppet, storage management
- Fiber Channel SAN
- Container tools: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Ansible, Harbor Container Registry
- Database maintenance and administration
- Experience with compliance controls and security hardening for a US Government computer system at the FISMA Moderate or High levels.
- Understanding of Zero Trust principles
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience may be substituted in absence of a degree.
TCG does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, caste, or veteran status.
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