Data Center Engineer

Application deadline is expected to close on 9/25/2024
Who We Are:

Cisco's Security & Trust Organization (STO). There are multiple teams within STO. This position is within the Government Trust & Technology Services team (GTTS). GTTS is comprised of three pillars, including threat intelligence, security operations, and product assurance. They run segregated infrastructures to manage sensitive data handling and application hosting. For example, there are regulatory requirements such as the international traffic in arms agreement, export control regulation, classified information handling regulations, that they must handle in a very special way, and segregated infrastructures help them to comply. Today, they focus on gathering data about threats through users' behavior and activities via web hosting services and security services.

Who You Are:

GTTS is looking for a Senior Datacenter Engineer to work in several secure environments to build, deploy, and support mission essential networks. This candidate must have a TS/SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph (CIP). The successful candidate will work closely with a team to build and support secure computing environments that will be used operationally. These environments contain various operating systems (Windows/Linux/Unix), Virtualization (VMWare), web, email and database services, as well as dedicated desktop and thin client technology, so having experience working in a Data Center environment will be important to the success of the individual.

The person filling this role will be responsible for securing compliance with NISPOM and ICD guidelines, assist in the creation and manage of System Security Plans (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestone (PO&AM) documentation, as well as assisting with the accreditation process of the systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance AND Counterintelligence Poly
• DoD 8570 Industry Certification in one or more of the following: CISSP, Security+, CISA, GSEC, CAP, SCNA, SCNP, SSCP, GSLC, GSE
• 3+ years of experience working on contracts mandating DIACAP, NISPOM and ICD requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in configuring, deploying and troubleshooting network functions within a secure environment
• Experienced in performing network administration to include installations, configurations, maintenance and troubleshooting efforts with Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls, etc.
• Adept with AD, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, WINDOWS SERVER 2016/2019, WINDOWS 10
• Experience with VMWare's vSphere virtualization suite
• Skilled in system patching and vulnerability remediation
• Experienced in Linux and Windows systems and how they interact in the compute environment on the network.
• Experience with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
• Experience with Centralized Logging Products (Splunk, etc.).
• Knowledge of COMSEC and encryption technologies
• Experience Administering Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
• Experience Administering Jira

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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

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