Senior Network Operations Engineer (Norfolk, VA)

Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients' success. You'll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work You'll Do

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Network Operations Engineer to join our Network Operations Center (NOC) team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and maintaining the enterprise network infrastructure for a DoD client, with a focus on Cisco SD-WAN and Palo Alto firewalls, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.

• This role requires a Familiarity with security frameworks and industry standards like NIST SP 800-82 Rev. A, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, DoD 8500.01, etc.
• The Network Operations engineer should also be familiar with cybersecurity tools such as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) systems, and vulnerability scanners i.e. Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS).
• The primary job of the NOC support team is to support local and remote locations where infrastructure is deployed in order to integrate systems into this network topology with an end goal of enhancing the cyber security posture and enable continuous monitoring of critical systems.
• Proficiency in designing, deploying, and managing Cisco SD-WAN solutions.
• Expertise in configuring and managing Palo Alto firewalls.
• Understanding of network protocols, services, and security (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VPN).
• Experience with network monitoring and management tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Cisco Prime).Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong communication and collaboration skills.

The Team

Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure offering provides specialized engineering capabilities to design, implement, manage, and operate hybrid cloud environments, modernize networks and AI infrastructure from the core to the edge, and incubate new infrastructure and device services to help clients stay ahead with the latest technology advances.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of Network Engineering and operations experience with focus in designing, deploying and maintain enterprise networks
• Valid Sec+ certification or ability to obtain before starting
• Active Secret security clearance required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Ability to travel 10% on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be able to work onsite 5 days a week in Norfolk, VA

Preferred:

• Preferred Certifications include
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) (optional)