Sr. Orchestration & Automation Software Developer
| Company | Leidos |
|---|---|
| Location | Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA |
| Salary | $89700 – $162150 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 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 SecDevOps 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
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain secure network solutions operated as a centralized enterprise capability for the US Army and provide 8×5 and on call tier III support
- Conduct automation workflow development prioritized by the Global Cyber Center (GCC) for Operations & Management and GCC use
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent
- 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 GitLab source control and CI/CD pipeline development
- Experience with NetSecOps technologies including salt, git, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and network element managers
- Knowledge of Kubernetes or Docker
- Network Performance Management (SNMP, NETMON, LiveAction)
- AGILE development experience
- Knowledge of Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts
- Experience with AppGate/ZTNA architecture
- Demonstrate expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically diverse enterprise networks
- Expert knowledge of US Army security requirements for network infrastructure