Senior Software Developer Security Clearance

Position: Senior Software Developer with Security Clearance
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- Description Leidos is seeking a Sr. Orchestration & Automation Software Developer to join our AGUN team. PROGRAM

SUMMARY:

The AGUN program is a highly demanding mission and requires expert technical and professional management to support the Army’s global wide area network and security infrastructure. You will be supporting a large and complex network migration and operations for the US Army. This role will include resolving service tickets on the AGUN system, providing prioritized validated/tested automated workflows to the Operations and Management Team, and providing operational support activities for a global network.  

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:  Must currently possess and be able to maintain an active DoD SECRET security clearance. (US Citizenship required)

What you will do:

* Operate and maintain secure network solutions operated as a centralized enterprise capability for the US Army and provide 8x5 and on call tier III support.
* Conduct automation workflow development prioritized by the Global Cyber Center (GCC) for Operations & Management and GCC use.
* Lead a small team of developers.
* Provide general support to GCC focusing on automation backlog found in SEP and working non-standard changes or emergency workflows for the GCC.
* Analyze and understand secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements.

* Support secure access solutions leveraging zero trust network access (ZTNA) including support for creation of new access policies and maintenance of existing policies.

* Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall operational support processes and staff.
* Escalate tickets and problems through the Jira Service Desk ticketing system to higher tier teams as required.
* Partner with key stakeholders and technical experts to perform legacy environment discovery, assessing current capabilities, configurations, and requirements to provide tier III support for the Army global network.

* Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards.
* Work with information assurance teams and the AGUN cybersecurity service provider (CSSP) to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with maintenance of the network security posture.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

* Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years' experience or Master's degree with 6+ years of experience (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree).
* Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start.
* Demonstrated experience with supporting Cisco SDWAN and/or Palo Alto NGFW
* Demonstrated experience with networking concepts and protocols: LAN, WAN, BGP, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Routing(L2/L3), and Firewalls.
* Demonstrate experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as Palo Alto Panorama, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA, or Junos Space.
* Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies:
Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or Dell.
* Experience with the following protocols: SFTP, SSH, SCP, SNMP, NTP.
* Understanding of virtualized network devices, infrastructure, and architecture.
* Understanding of Sec Dev Ops  processes.
* Must be able to work as part of a team to lead troubleshooting and resolve complex network issues.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent.
* Experience leading small teams.
* Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation and automation.
* Experience developing network automation.
* Experience with VMware support.
* Experience with Git Lab source control and CI/CD pipeline development.
* Experience with Net Sec Ops  technologies including salt, git, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and network element managers.
* Knowledge of Kubernetes or Docker.
* Network Performance Management (SNMP, NETMON,…