Abacus Technology Corporation

Federal government contractor

BoundarySystemsEngineer

$115–155k ~AI est. Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Federal government contractor
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

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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