Network Administrator

Overview:

Nighthawk’s flexibility and expertise across the cybersecurity field provides customized solutions to our customer's unique needs.

Summary:

Goldbelt Nighthawk is hiring for Network Administrator to support of a long-term contract in Mechanicsburg, PA.

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions:

• Installation, Sustainment processes, operations and analysis related to load balancing securing communications traffic via F5 BIG IP and related technologies.
• Installation, Sustainment processes, operations and analysis related to providing firewall capabilities securing communications traffic via F5 BIG IP, Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto firewalls and related technologies.
• Installation, Sustainment processes, operations and analysis related to maintaining virtual private network capabilities provided by tools such as Juniper SRX.
• Analysis and support services related to securing, ensuring high performance of and maintaining a secure computing architecture.
• Mentoring and knowledge transfer including educating the government workforce and supporting Information Assurance (IA) accreditation efforts.
• Provide participation in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles in the development of workflows, task accomplishment and implementation/management of Cloud services.
• ProPromote an environment of continuous process improvement, learning and team collaboration

Qualifications:

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent customer service, organizational, and writing skills
• Ability to communicate at Officer/Senior Enlisted/GS level in a military support environment
• Ability to use plain language to communicate complex concepts to all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to escalate issues quickly to enable rapid resolution
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Self-directed conflict resolution
• Excellent organizational skills
• Attention to detail

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field
• F5 Certified Administrator Certificate
• Information Assurance Technical II (IAT-2) qualification
• Secret Clearance eligibility, Top Secret preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in the following areas:
• LTM (Local Traffic Manager) with a wide range of virtual server types, using unique SSL profiles, iRules, access policies, and specific poolm ember selection based on criteria such as traffic type, URI pathing, or other unique identifiers.
• AFM (Advanced Firewall Manager) with protection of applications, network, and environment against threats. Also sort/separate traffic to satisfy required protection level for specific types of traffic.
• ASM (Application Security Manager) with Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWAF) to inspect/block traffic as required to ensure a secure and uncompromised application/environment.
• APM (Access Policy Manager) with complex profiles/polices to address all security needs, including Authorization and Authentication of administrators/users. Solutions will include smart card credentials (Common Access Card, CAC), SAML tokens, and custom REST/API integrating with a variety of products such as Active Directory and Oracle IDM
• iRule - including creating highly skilled solutions for complex requirements/issues
• PUA (Privileged User Access) - integrate all required modules and configurations for a complete PUA architecture to support admin login and separation of traffic requirements. PUA will support logins to Windows, LINUX, and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) consoles
• Big-IQ with central management of all Big-IPs in the environment to include syncing configurations, apply patches, upgrades, and security requirements. Also supports license gathering/reporting as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS/MS Azure/Oracle Certifications

Pay and Benefits

At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.