NextGen Federal Systems is hiring: Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer in S

Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network Engineer

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NextGen is seeking a candidate with a broad engineering background to support US Marshals hosted infrastructure supporting agents in the field. Infrastructure includes Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Networking, and Applications. The individual will support both on-premise equipment and hosted infrastructure in Azure GovCloud. The candidate should have extensive experience creating and maintaining robust network architectures to ensure high availability and resiliency.

Required Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance (Individuals with current Secret clearance may be considered.)
• At least 5 years’ experience planning, designing, troubleshooting, and optimizing network configurations and architectures.
• Experience managing Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls; including installation, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting of high-availability routed and switched networks.
• Proficiency with configuration, software/firmware upgrades, and troubleshooting of platforms such as ISR 4000 Series Routers, Cisco Nexus Switches, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco FTD firewalls, and Cisco AnyConnect VPN.
• Knowledge of Firepower, Cisco ISE, and managing FTD firewalls via Cisco's FMC.
• Experience implementing URL filtering rules and SSL Inspection.
• Design, configuration, and optimization of networks with more than 100 remote sites, including local and wide area networking, TCP/IP, and web technologies.
• Ability to design and draft network diagrams for modernization of current and future infrastructures, both on-premise and cloud-hosted.
• Understanding of IT best practices for installing, maintaining, integrating, and supporting hardware, software, and services; including recommending improvements.
• Incident management skills, coordinating with service providers and agencies to maintain network continuity.
• Experience deploying and maintaining security templates and configuration baselines following agency guidelines such as DoD STIGs.
• Knowledge of software and systems development life cycles, performance measurement, and security measures.
• Experience with application load balancers to enhance security and availability.
• Managing Cisco ISE for device administration, posturing, and profiling.
• Experience with SolarWinds modules for configuration changes, performance monitoring, and alerting.
• Maintaining remote access VPN via Secure Endpoint.

Desired Qualifications

• Additional experience with CCNA Route and Switch – Data Center, CCNP Route and Switch, Cisco AMP, Cisco UCS, Cisco Duo MFA, Cisco Wi-Fi technologies, CradlePoint routers, Palo Alto firewalls, Azure networking tools, ARM templates, SMS gateway services, and WAN bonding is highly desirable but not required.

About NextGen

NextGen Federal Systems specializes in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services, fostering a culture of fairness, respect, and innovation. We value our employees' talents and contributions, promoting a collaborative environment that encourages risk-taking and continuous improvement.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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