Physical Security Network Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Physical Security Network Engineer with Security Clearance
PHYSICAL SECURITY NETWORK ENGINEER – SOUTHCOM J2

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title:

Physical Security Network Engineer
Employment Status:
Full-Time, Salaried, Exempt

Location:

Doral, Florida
Security Requirements:
Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

POSITION SUMMARY:

Buffalo Horse Inc. is seeking a Physical Security Network Engineer to support USSOUTHCOM
J2 Physical Security Services. The primary place of performance is Doral, FL. Duties include but are not limited to:
• Responsible for the ESS/LENEL network infrastructure, operation/maintenance (O&M) and lifecycle.
• Provide IT Tier 3 Service - Typically the highest level of services in a three-tiered technical service model responsible for handling the most difficult or advanced problems. The employee shall be an expert in their fields and are responsible for the research and development of solutions to new or unknown issues.
• Shall analyze the code, data and in some instances, an issue may be so problematic to the point where the product cannot be salvaged and must be replaced. If it is determined that a problem can be solved, then the employee is responsible for designing and developing one or more courses of action, evaluating each of these courses in a test-case environment, and implementing the best solution to the problem.

Once the solution is verified, it is delivered to the customer and made available for future troubleshooting and analysis with government maintaining final approval authority.
• Configuring, maintaining, analyzing, and monitoring data output from the ESS network security hardware to accurately detect and respond to threats across the network. The employee shall operate, monitor, alert, manage, maintain, install, and troubleshoot the ESS network infrastructure devices and services. The employee shall provide technical recommendations for the development of policies for all aspects of network management and operations.

• Provide internal and external IPv4 primary and secondary DNS services for USSOUTHCOM security ESS network.
• Monitoring and Management Solutions - Leverage the Fault, Configuration, Accounting/Administration, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) framework for network management.
• Shall monitor, alert, and forecast problems before they arise, which is a key component to healthy and self-healing IPv4 networks. The employee shall alert and consult the Government on any fault, performance, and/or security issues that may arise.  ,
• Access Control - Operate and maintain enterprise applications and devices for network Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA), port authentication, network end- device compliance, device profiling, and policy compliance.

• Log Management - Configure and maintain all network equipment for log collection and retention according to applicable policies and regulations. This includes services to configure, maintain, analyze, and monitor data input and output from the SIEM tools in order to accurately detect and respond to problems, outages, and security threats. Provide intelligent insights that enable quick response measures to reduce the impact of incidents and proactively prevent future incidents.

• Configure, test, fine-tune, and maintain all rule sets within SIEM, and employee shall rule sets exhibit fluidity to adapt to changes within the AO Uniform environment. The employee shall analyze and investigate all alerts/offences generated within SIEM on a daily basis and resolve offences upon termination of analysis/investigation.

• Analyze and fine-tune rule sets to reduce false positives within the SIEM.

• Manage, update, and troubleshoot all Storage Area Network (SAN) and other storage technology devices across the USSOUTHCOM Security ESS network.

• Backups - USSOUTHCOM requires backup services including file-level and system- level recovery services. Develop and implement a successful Backup Plan that supports the traditional IT backup. The Backup Testing Schedule of the Backup Plan shall be completed according to the schedule, and Backup Testing Results. These are recommendations for government approval.

• Virtualization - Provide services for virtualized platforms and systems…