3+ years of experience designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, routers, and firewalls such as Cisco or FortiGate, enforcing network segmentation, and implementing Access Control Lists ( ACLs ) across core switching layers and peri met er boun dari es
Experience installing, inspecting, and terminating Cat-6 and optical fiber cabling
Experience configuring and maintaining virtual networking constructs such as vSwitches, VLAN tagging, or SDN overlays, across multi-hypervisor architectures
Experience executing scheduled vulnerability assessments across FortiGate firewalls, Cisco switches, and endpoints, and compiling, analyzing, and presenting network health met rics and vulnerability trends for UCRN enclaves
Experience conducting quarterly DoD Security Technical Implementation Guide ( STIG ) compliance audits utilizing automated and manual assessment met hods, and remediating findings to sustain lab authorization status, including collaborating with Information System Security Officers ( ISSOs ) and lab leads to maintain Authority to Operate ( ATO ) artifacts, risk assessments, and compliance documentation
Ability to drive technical documentation, infrastructure procurement, and day-to-day lab operational readiness
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in STEM
IAT Level II Security+ and Cisco Certified Network Asso cia te ( CCNA ) , or CCNP Certification
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.