Mid-Level Boundary Engineer

Mid-Level Boundary Engineer Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama, the capital of Alabama, is known as the Capital of Dreams. Named for Richard Montgomery, it is located on the Alabama River, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. It is the second largest city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and the 103rd largest in the US with a population of 200 as of the 2020 Census. Montgomery has won several national awards including being voted Best Historic City by USA Today, being named an All-America City in 2014 by the National Civic League, and being named the happiest city in Alabama.

Montgomery has also been recognized nationally for its successful and ongoing downtown revitalization and new urbanism projects with Montgomery having been one of the first cities in the nation to implement Smart Code Zoning. In addition to housing many Alabama government agencies, public and private universities, high-tech manufacturing and cultural attractions, Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.

The Facility:
Gunter Air Force Base Gunter AFB is an annex of Maxwell AFB in the northeast suburbs of Montgomery, AL. Until 1992 it was known as Gunter Air Force Base or Gunter Air Force Station. It has been a military training base since its opening in 1940. Gunter Annex is a subordinate installation under the administration of the 42d Air Base Wing at nearby Maxwell Air Force Base.

It is the home of the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate. The BES provides and supports secure combat information systems and networks for the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and other Federal Government Agencies.

At Gunter Annex, their Router, Boundary Protection, and DNS Teams oversee an enterprise DoD environment supporting the USAF that requires a unique and dynamic skill set that is expected to complete associated training programs and/or actively pursue professional development/cross-training opportunities. All team members expected to provide continuity for 24/7/365 operations regardless of their current assigned shift. Appropriate compensations/accommodations will be made to address situations that require a long-term commitment to a non-standard shift or schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Boundary Protection Team Operator for the 26 Network Operations Squadron (26 NOS) at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Alabama.
• Oversees intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, boundary protection and vulnerability assessment operations to defend the Air Force Network (AFNet).
• Identifies unknown or unauthorized sources which attempt to access the AFNet and, when such attempts occur, notifies the appropriate AF agencies.
• Monitors, operates, and maintains intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, load balancers, and web proxies to protect AFNet resources from both internal and external threat.
• Network Operations:
• Manage all network security devices across the WAN, to include enterprise-wide functions for firewall, proxies, load balancers, IDS/IPS, SSL decryption, VPNs, and malicious code response.
• Assist on-site LAN engineers with troubleshooting support of network equipment and installation of new hardware.
• Perform minor and major operating system upgrades on all network security devices.
• Enterprise network troubleshooting:
• Must work with all corresponding technical support teams as required to resolve network traffic concerns.
• Utilize monitoring tools and log collectors to provide in-depth analysis on traffic anomalies and issues.
• Work network issues to resolution for customers via trouble tickets, change requests, and phone calls, in direct support with base-level, NOSC-level, and DISA counterparts.
• Receive inbound calls from enterprise customers and work with other external NOCs to troubleshoot and resolve policy configuration issues.
• Perform packet capture analysis as required.
• Device Management:
• Experience configuring and managing IDS, Firewalls and other network security platforms
• Device and traffic monitoring:
• Performs daily health checks to acknowledge system level faults and begin the process of resolution.
• Utilizes monitoring tools and log collectors to begin initial analysis on network traffic, including (but not limited to) Splunk, Schnozz, ELK, Info Vista, and NIKSUN.
• Flexible schedule as needed:
• This position requires rotating weekends, 24x7 shift support, and on call duties
• It may be required to come in earlier than normal, stay later than normal, or work off shifts to meet contract requirements or to support network changes during off peak maintenance windows.

Qualifications Experience and

Education:

• Position minimum requirements: 3-5 years
• Bachelor's Degree
• A professional level network security OS certification (i.e. PCNSA or equivalent) and CompTIA Security+ or better security certification.
• DoD Secret level security clearance.

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