Cisco Firewall Manager - 39659

• Seeking a talented Senior Network Engineer (WAN & Firewall) to participate in the development and maintenance of an enterprise network on a project team supporting an Air Force project.

1. 4 year degree in Information Technology, or Engineering with 8 years of related experience.

2. Must be a US Citizen and qualify for a Department of Defense Secret Clearance.

3. 12-15 years experience; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, with Cisco IOS Routers, Cisco PIX Firewalls, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Perl, Red Hat Linux, Microsoft Windows, TCP/IP, VPN, IPSEC, VRF, EIGRP, OSPF, T-1and T-3.

4. Must be able to troubleshoot, implement, and document nationwide and campus networks built using Cisco network devices (Catalyst 2950/3560/3750/4500/6500 switches, Cisco 2600/2800/3800/7200 routers running IOS 12.x, and Cisco PIX and ASA 5500-series firewalls).

5. Must have experience modifying firewall rule sets and studying network traffic flows to reverse-engineer required firewall rules to lock down an application and troubleshoot firewall problems in an enterprise or service provider environment. Accomplished under short time constraints involving complex network application flows between multiple hosts spanning multiple firewalls and different geographic locations.

6. Must have recent hands-on technical experience installing, configuring, documenting, and providing ongoing support for Cisco PIX and/or ASA 5500-series firewalls, and Cisco routers at multiple customer sites. Must demonstrate a strong understanding of Cisco PIX / ASA 7.x and Cisco IOS 12.x command syntax.

7. Must have recent experience configuring routing protocols, applying route filters and troubleshooting enterprise WAN and/or service provider Internet edge and backbone routers running EIGRP and OSPF.

8. Must have an expert understanding of the TCP/IP stack and 3-5 years experience supporting LAN and WAN networks with hosts running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Linux, and Solaris.

9. Must have a strong understanding of application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD) and their relationship to end-user applications.

10. Must have 1-3 years experience coordinating with Cisco TAC, nation-wide telecommunication carriers, tracking and escalating trouble tickets, and interfacing with customers at all levels.

11. Must have excellent problem solving skills and a solid understanding of how to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues that involve firewalls, routers, network applications, and WAN circuits (T-1, T-3, OC-3, ISDN, HDLC, ATM, Frame Relay, and MPLS).

12. Travel domestically and internationally may be required.