Network Systems Officer Entry to Mid Level (Maryland)

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.

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).

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• All applicants and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with Executive Order 12564.

Qualifications

Relevant experience must include one or more of the following areas: network or system administration; computer or information systems design/development/installation programming; information analysis cyber analysis network security analysis or vulnerability analysis; penetration testing; computer forensics; information assurance; systems engineering; using specialized test equipment and network analysis tools (for example ping trace-route network management software and loopbacks); developing designing or integrating technical systems or subsystems; applying international telecommunication standards and protocols (for example DWDM VOIP Layer 2/3 VPN ISDN SONET or TCP/IP).

Experience may also include network engineering (i.e. design/analysis of networks routers switches firewalls protocol); installing and configuring networks routers and firewalls; managing IT projects; or collaborating across organizations or agencies.

If not credited toward education requirement completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis course) Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT) Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/ Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT) Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e. 20-24 weeks course will count as 6 months of experience 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months of experience).

Relevant certifications can count for up to one total year of experience (e.g. Security Certification CISCO Certified Network Associate Network Certified Information Systems Security Professional).

ENTRY/DEVELOPMENTAL
Entry is with an Associates degree plus 2 years of relevant experience; or at least 18 semester hours of military coursework/training plus 2 years of relevant experience; or a Bachelors degree and no experience.

FULL PERFORMANCE
Entry is with an Associates degree plus 5 years of relevant experience; or at least 18 semester hours of military coursework/training plus 5 years of relevant experience; or a Bachelors degree plus 3 years of relevant experience; or a Masters degree plus 1 year of relevant experience; or a Doctoral degree and no experience.

The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.

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.

Additional information

Pay: Salary offers are based on candidates education level and years of experience relevant to the position and also take into account information provided by the hiring manager/organization regarding the work level for the position.

Salary Range: $87362 - $153082 (Entry/Developmental Full Performance)
Salary range varies by location work level and relevant experience to the position.

Training will be provided based on the selectees needs and experience.

Benefits: NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Work Schedule: This is a full-time position Monday - Friday with basic 8hr/day work requirement between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (flexible).

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

Manager