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Network Systems Officer - Entry to Mid Level (Maryland)

National Security Agency/Central Security Service · Department of Defense
📍 Fort Meade, Maryland 💰 $87362 – $153082/yr

Job Summary

The National Security Agency is seeking results driven individuals that strive for excellence, enjoy the challenges of a fast paced environment and the desire to make a difference. We are looking for talented networking professionals to design, develop, deploy, sustain and monitor state-of-the-art network solutions (WAN, CAN, LAN, DCN and Satellite communications networks) that are deployed across NSA worldwide.

Major Duties

Network Professionals are hired into positions directly supporting a technical mission office. We are hiring networking professionals with education and/or experience in several of the following areas: - Multi-vendor infrastructure platforms (i.e., Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Arista). - Network encryption devices and WAN accelerators. - Multi-vendor Layer 3 routing protocols (i.e., BGP, OSFP, EIGRP, IGRP, HSRP, VRRP). - Virtual Private Networking (i.e., MPLS, GRE, L2VPN, EVPN, Pseudowire, IPsec, MACSEC). - Data center architectures and converged networks. - Current networking trends, including commercial implementations of Software Defined Networks (SDN) for both Data Center Network and WAN applications. - Load balancing and Application Delivery Controller technologies and implementations. - WAN architectures (i.e., Carrier Ethernet, Optical Fabrics (OTN), SONET). - Network monitoring tools (i.e., NetFlow Tracker, HP Network Node Manager, Cisco LMS, Cisco Call Manager, Wireshark, and Splunk). - Network Modeling (RiverBed/OPNet, NetSim). - Network Boundary (Next Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco FIREPOWER), IPSEC/SSL VPN Concentrators). - Cross Domain Solutions (SafeNet MDeX System, OWL Cyber Defense Cross Domain Solutions). - Technical certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, SEC+).

Education

Degree must be in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field (for example, General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or Computer Security). Military training/coursework must be in networking, computer science, information technology, engineering, or cyber topics.

Contact

intelcareers@nsa.gov 1-844-424-4737

Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government

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