Abacus Technology Corporation
Federal government contractor
BoundarySystemsEngineer
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“Boundary Systems Engineer at Abacus Technology Corporation. Skills: Boundary Systems Engineering, Firewall Management, Network Security. Operate enterprise boundary management server. Analyze firewall reports and logs”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
Secret clearance, US Citizen
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years network/systems engineering, Bachelor's degree, Security+ certified, Network+ or CCNA certified, firewall and UNIX/Linux experience, enterprise level network architectures, network monitoring and management, US Citizen, current Secret clearance
Nice to Have
ITIL Foundations certification or obtain within 60 days
What You'll Do.
Operate enterprise boundary management server
Analyze firewall reports and logs
Identify sub-standard network performance
Engineer solutions for anomalies
Implement solutions for anomalies
Operate security devices remotely
Operate security devices locally
Create custom UNIX scripts
Research trouble calls
Research network intrusions
Document trouble calls
Document network intrusions
Track outages to resolution
Track trouble calls to resolution
Track network intrusions to resolution
Utilize firewall toolsets
Analyze firewall health
Report on firewall health
Recommend appropriate changes
Recommend resolutions
Perform enterprise firewall fault isolation
Perform enterprise firewall resolution
Troubleshoot firewall issues on Open BSD
Troubleshoot permissions on Open BSD
Troubleshoot type-enforcement on Open BSD
Manage firewall features
Provide OJT on firewall components
Provide OJT on firewall solutions
Implement backup procedures
Walk remote users through backup
Walk remote users through restoration
Accomplish backup locally
Accomplish restoration locally
Assist engineering new security device implementations
Perform analysis for collaboration
Participate in planning datacenter hardware
Participate in planning datacenter software
Participate in designing datacenter hardware
Participate in designing datacenter software
Participate in upgrading datacenter hardware
Participate in upgrading datacenter software
Participate in deployment datacenter hardware
Participate in deployment datacenter software
Manage email gateways
Provide guidance on VPN connections
Provide guidance on ACL installation
Provide guidance on failover
Provide remote administration on VPN connections
Provide remote administration on ACL installation
Provide remote administration on failover
Provide LAN/WAN support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Local help desk personnel; Local engineers; Remote users
Communication Scope
Customer service
Process & Methodology
Project-based timeline
Full Job Description
Abacus Technology Corporation is a Federal government contractor and provider of enterprise information technology (IT) services and solutions. For nearly 40 years, we’ve developed effective partnerships with government and industry to tackle business challenges and pressures for Federal Defense, Civilian, and Intelligence customers. Abacus maintains core competencies in: IT Infrastructure Support, Network Operations and Maintenance, Communication Solutions, Systems Engineering and Integration, Cyber Security / Information Assurance, Application Development, Program Management, and Business Transformation. * Operate and manage the enterprise boundary management server, ensuring it is functional with duplicate configuration at AFCENT NOSC COOP location. * Analyze firewall reports, firewall logs, and other metrics and identify sub-standard network performance, and engineer and implement solutions to counter the identified anomalies. * Operate security devices remotely and locally. * Create custom UNIX scripts to meet task specific requirements. * Research, document, and track to resolution all outages, trouble calls, and network intrusions. * Utilize firewall toolsets to accurately analyze and report on the overall health of local and deployed firewalls. * Recommend appropriate changes/resolutions in response to the trends analysis. * Perform enterprise level firewall fault isolation and resolution to include troubleshooting ACLs and Proxies affecting other network traffic; and troubleshoot firewall issues on Open BSD Operating System, including permissions and type-enforcement. * Configure and maintain DNS and BIND domain name services and manage the full range of the firewall features at an Enterprise level. * Provide On-the-job training to local help desk personnel and engineers on firewall components and solutions. * Implement proper backup procedures, walk remote users through backup and restoration actions, and accomplish the same locally. * Assist engineering n
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