SR. NETWORK ENGINEER at Creative Information Technology, Inc

Falls Church, VA 22043

About the Job

	Senior Network Engineer– Hybrid – Herndon, VA
About us	Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II. Join us in driving growth and seizing new business opportunities.
Role and Responsibilities	Our client is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join the team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Herndon, VA. The qualified applicant will become part of our client'steam for the Department of State (DOS). The qualified applicant will become part of client’s Systems Modernization Program, this initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework to better support the services provided to its customers. Establish and maintain the integration promotional model environment approach and capabilities to be used on the program. Support the use of network engineering tools in the integration environments including those used for development, requirements management, test automation, security, monitoring, and configuration management. Interpret/define network integration requirements based on architecture blueprints and models. Work closely with the DevSecOps, Architecture, System Integration Test and Development Teams to ensure that virtual workstations, network appliances and tools are integrated together effectively. Coordinate with the government and/or other providers to ensure that adequate infrastructure, network integration and tools are available to support user needs.
Minimum Qualification	Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and 8-10 years’ of experience or master’s degreeand 6-8 years’ of experience. At least 3 years’ experience with maintaining similar integration environments. Experience with network integration traffic management proxies and appliances (e.g. LTM/F5, Apache, routers, firewalls etc.) Ability to interpret, define and support network security requirements including 1-way and 2-way SSL TLS-1.2 traffic. Understanding of network firewall rules, network protocols, domain/path-based routing, mutual authentication, and threat detection. Fundamental knowledge of LTM VIP routing configurations, iAPP rules, ICAP policies, certificate requirements, etc. Experience managing an Integration environment utilizing the IBM Engineering Life-cycle Management (ELM) suite of tools. Must have a current, active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearances are acceptable.
Preferred Qualification	Experience with DoS on-prem network. Experience with cloud-based platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Azure, Okta, Login.gov). Experience with on-prem cluster-based platforms (e.g. OpenShift). Experience having planned and established a similar engineering environment. Experience supporting an Agile software/system integration.