REQ#: RQ203287Public Trust: MBI (T2) Requisition Type: Pipeline Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Engineer/Security Specialist supporting a key Federal agency. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

USPS is looking for a Network Engineer/Security Specialist to support the USPS Network Connectivity Platform (NCP) team to provide network technologies and infrastructure support ensuring always on, always available systems to our employees, customers, and for 32K sites. 

The Network Engineer/Security Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining proxy solutions to manage network traffic efficiently.  You will ensure proper monitoring and optimization in maintaining a secure, efficient, and reliable network infrastructure through your expertise in proxy server technologies and network security practices.

HOW A NETWORK ENGINEER/SECURITY SPECIALIST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Leads assessment, design and technical implementation activities related to the Bluecoat product platformsDocuments solution requirements given business and technical objectivesDesigns and implements pilot and production architecture given success criteriaDefines, creates, and maintains proxy policiesExecutes SSL Interception with an integrated internal PKI environmentUnderstands various proxy authentication methods with relation to a domain environmentExecutes production deployment criteria to complete a jobLeads root-cause analysis and troubleshooting effort for production deploymentFunctions as a liaison between the client and Symantec SupportCompetent in reporting issues, anomalies and problems through proper channels (i.e., account management, technical support)Provides incident status reports as requiredAchieves Key Performance IndicatorsPerforms other duties relevant to deployment and security operations as assignedExperience with other various IT technologies:SNMPSyslogPKIHSMVPN

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Experience:

7+ years of BlueCoat/Proxy experience in supporting large networks.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent experience

Required skills:

HTTP proxy configuration, integration, and administration expertise. Preferred Broadcom BluecoatStrong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/s and HTTP proxy.Understanding of network, protocol and application traffic flowsProficient in the architecture, design and deployment of these Symantec BlueCoat Product solutions:Advance Secure Gateway (ASG/SG) ProxiesManagement CenterReporterWeb Security Services

Desired Skills:

Experience with APIs, scripting, and Splunk data flows. Preferred Perl, Python and JavaScriptStrong understanding of HTTP proxy including circuit gateways (generic proxies)Proficient with application layer protocols – HTTP, SSH, SSL, etc.

Location:

Raleigh, NC – Hybrid (4 days in office and 1 day remote )Evenings may be required, as needed

Security Clearance Level:

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprintingThis position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

401K with company matchComprehensive health and wellness packagesThe internal mobility team is dedicated to helping you own your careerProfessional growth opportunities include paid education and certificationsCutting-edge technology you can learn fromRest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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