Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer​/Systems & Storage Administrator

Next Gen Solutions Corp is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer / Systems & Storage Administrator for a hybrid role serving the DMV area from Washington, DC
. This contract position offers an hourly rate of $80.00 to $100.00 and a consistent schedule of 40 hours per week
, with work supported remotely in Washington, DC 20024
.

You will help safeguard IT infrastructure through proactive security strategies, incident response support, and hands-on management of complex systems and storage solutions, including on-premises and cloud environments using Azure.

• Identify network problems and recommend improvements to support optimal performance.
• Monitor and analyze data traffic patterns within the OCFO Network infrastructure.
• Improve security by staying current on latest threats, including worms and malware, and advise on deterrence.
• Enhance network reliability through security and infrastructure actions.
• Develop strategic systems architecture plans based on enterprise needs.
• Support storage infrastructure, including Net App environments and technologies such as virtualization/arrays,
  FC/FCOE
  , NFS
  , and iSCSI
  .
• Design and administer VMware Infrastructure
  , including integration with SAN for vMotion and VMware SRM multi-site administration.
• Apply advanced disaster recovery and business continuity knowledge, including the processes and tools required.
• Manage Active Directory for operational stability, maintenance, and continuity.
• Design and build solutions using on-premises computer, networking, and storage technologies, with cloud design and support for large-scale projects in Azure
  .
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other appliances in compliance with OCFO security standards
  .
• Monitor perimeter security controls to help prevent breaches and safeguard information.
• Determine enterprise information assurance and security standards, and develop and implement security standards and procedures.
• Coordinate, develop, and evaluate organizational security programs; recommend information assurance and security solutions aligned to customer requirements.
• Identify, report, and resolve security violations.
• Establish and satisfy information assurance and security requirements based on analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Support customers at the highest level in developing and implementing doctrine and policies.
• Apply security expertise across government and commercial common user systems, plus dedicated systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Perform analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures, including defining security requirements for mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Analyze general information assurance technical issues and provide basic engineering and technical support.
• Conduct vulnerability and risk analyses across all phases of the system development life cycle, and ensure information systems remain functional and secure.

• 16+ years developing, maintaining, and recommending enhancements to IS policies/requirements (Required).
• 16+ years performing vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications (Required).
• 16+ years identifying, reporting, and resolving security violations (Required).
• Experience in complex Enterprise-level projects (Required).
• Expert understanding of Windows server operating systems (Required).
• Knowledge of on-premises and cloud security productions (Required).
• Good understanding of IP Networks/Security (Required).
• Extensive experience troubleshooting Net App SAN (Required).
• Hands-on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi (Required).
• Good understanding of server/endpoint operating systems (Required).
• Windows 2016 AD Enterprise troubleshooting…