Jobs in Charlottesville, VA

About the role

This role is suited for a highly technical security professional with hands-on experience in Cisco network infrastructure, firewall management, ports and protocols, packet-level analysis, and active network defense. This position is onsite in Charlottesville, VA.

What you'll bring

• BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Experience may be substituted for degree.
• TS/SCI Clearance
• DoD 8140 (8570) IAT Level II Certification
• CCNA certification
• Minimum 4 years of experience supporting network security engineering, secure network operations, boundary defense, or hands-on network administration.
• Working knowledge of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Secure Firewall, Cisco ISE, Catalyst, Nexus, ISR, or ASR platforms.
• Working knowledge of routing, switching, VLANs, ACLs, firewall policies, ports, protocols, VPNs, IPsec, NAT, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, logging, and boundary protection.
• Ability to design and review network diagrams, firewall rule sets, data flows, ports and protocols, and system interconnections for security vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated understanding of network hardening practices, secure protocols, network security architecture, and boundary defense concepts.
• Experience coordinating with network engineers, systems administrators, security analysts, and mission partners to resolve technical security findings.
• Hands on experience with ACAS, Tenable Nessus, STIG Viewer, SCAP, and network vulnerability remediation processes.