Sr Forescout Engineer

ECS is seeking a Sr Forescout Engineer to work remotely. This role will primarily be remote, but may require occasional support for Deployment of Comply to Connect at various Army bases, CONUS and OCONUS.

We are looking for a talented engineer to provide engineering support and documentation to create a healthy security posture implementing Comply-To-Connect for our delivered Managed Service supporting the US Army. In this role you will focus on design, integration, and deployment, and provide tactical and strategic input on improving overall network operations and Network Access Control using Forescout. The selected candidate must be well versed in architectural best practices and applying them across a breadth of technologies to solve organizational problems.

You should be able to articulate your views on the future development of technology to varying audiences, and understand the interaction between infrastructure and solution architecture.

• Provide Engineering support for Comply to Connect on multiple DoD networks and classification domains
• Establish and maintain network analysis and monitoring tools; including fine‑tuning, health reporting and alerting
• Make recommendations to optimize stability, availability, reliability and performance of networking infrastructure
• Resolve complex networking and other technology issues with multiple parties involved
• Develop process and architecture diagrams
• Identify and provide technical subject matter expertise on remediation and mitigation of all open findings from DISA STIGs
• Provide program status reports and briefings to internal management, senior leadership and government oversight officials
• Understanding of enterprise computing environments, distributed applications, and strong knowledge of TCP/IP networks including ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
• Advanced Administrator’s level understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX) is a plus
• Computer Networking Systems Administrator level knowledge of all protocol layers
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking environments
• Expertise in debugging and root‑cause analysis in complex systems and large environments
• Experience installing, implementing and debugging network access control security solutions
• Understanding of programming languages: C, Java, and Perl
• This is a “hands‑on” position that requires someone capable of multi‑tasking. It requires an individual with a service‑oriented mentality that can focus and take ownership of assignments/issues and manage/resolve those issues.
• Work well in a team‑oriented environment and be able to self‑manage tasks to ensure success
• Communicate up and down within the organization; prepare detailed descriptions of issues, status updates, recommendations, and reports. Applicants must be organized with an eye for detail.

• Ability to gain interim secret clearance or have secret clearance or better.
• US Citizen
• DoD 8570 IAT II
• 6+ yrs. experience working in a DOD environment (Contractor/Civilian/Military), preferably US Army or DISA
• Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE)
• Experience with Network Access Controls
• Experience with projects across development life cycles (analysis through implementation)
• Ability to multi‑task and effectively prioritize competing requirements
• Must be proficient with desktop programs such as MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio
• Must possess a high attention to detail
• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Have networking, telecom, or application development, client/server, network and internet/web development experience.
• The ability to apply IT industry standards to secure network environment.
• Experience in creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution, ability to manage and document system configurations.

• Test plan development and execution
• TS/SCI preferred
• ITIL v3 or ITIL 4 Certification.
• Experience with the following:
  Windows, MDE, Trellix Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), ACAS, Tychon, Elastic/Splunk, Intune
• Knowledge of DODIN-A, JMN, and Army Networks

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000

ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.