BlueWater Federal is looking for a Senior NOC/Linux Engineer to support operations and assist in the strategic planning of future IT modernization solutions for the Department of Energy (DOE) program in Washington DC.

• Serve as the Network Operations Center (NOC) resource responsible for managing the network firewalls and network security configurations.
• Ensure critical systems are monitored in Solarwinds; Schedule and review bandwidth tests in PerfSonar or equivalent
• Conduct utilization trending and perform capacity forecasting
• Perform network security activities to include: Manage firewall: maintain firewall policies, patch/upgrade firewall and implement approved changes; Validate and update content of network map
• Ensure conformance to IC, Enterprise Architecture and Security Standards; Participate in IC Community Shared Resources Working Group.
• Comment on new ODNI/NIST standards / regulations as applies to client environment: Respond to cyber incidents as defined in DOE-IN Incident Response and local SOP; Track scheduled and unscheduled outages
• Track systems impacted by outages, and estimated time of resolution
• Unix/Linux security hardening and provide Subject Matter Expert level support to other system administrators on configuration best practices
• Design, install and maintain Linux servers with various operating systems; Conduct routine security audits and utilize Unix/Linux audit log infrastructure to reconstruct events
• Develop automation tools by writing/modifying scripts for deployments, maintenance, and system monitoring

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• 15+ years of relevant IT Engineering experience
• Must have an active TS/SCI or Q clearance
• Experience with Network Routers and TACLANEs
• Experience with the following technologies: Splunk, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), FireEye, Solarwinds, PerfSonar preferred
• Experience with scripting best practices and demonstrate the ability to develop and edit shell scripts for the purpose of automating and standardizing repetitive action
• Candidates must have knowledge of the IC and audit collection policies.

BlueWater Federal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.