At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.
We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.
Credence is seeking a Senior Cloud Network Engineer to join our Cloud Managed Services Practice. This position will provide an opportunity to work with an experienced team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity professionals. The candidate will have the opportunity to grow their career in the Cloud space by honing their cloud knowledge and skillset. This position is based in Credence’s corporate headquarters located in Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, VA.
Responsibilities:
- Administration of Layer 3 and Layer 7 firewalls, operating system, encryption tunnels, VPN, day-to- operations of firewall rule sets
- Engineer security solutions and standards based on requirements, best practices, and technical knowledge
- Participate in network security planning and network engineering activities
- Perform implementations of plans assigned, such as, system builds, test plans, documentation, and training
- Implement and deploy data and network security projects, Change Management, ongoing maintenance activities, and network engineering support
- Enforce network security strategies and procedures
- Configure firewall rules, IPs, routing, and VPNs
- Execute tasks based on service requests and document changes
- Perform a wide range of system administration duties on core infrastructure, application, database, and other servers, including engineering, installation, break/fix troubleshooting, data protection and optimization
- Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
Requirements
- US citizenship with the ability to obtain a public trust is required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and a minimum of 5 years related technical work experience
- Ability to work and produce results in an agile and fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines.
- Experience with BigIP F5 virtual firewalls
- Familiarity with basic cloud concepts (EC2/VM, service based databses, Infrastructure as code, Virtual Networking, etc.)
- Good understanding of the Linux operating system
- Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), SFTP, SCP
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, Private Clouds etc.)
- Familiarity with Active Directory and/or other LDAP based solutions.
- Excellent communication skills
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with Palo Alto virtual firewalls
- AWS Associate or Specialty Level Certification
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- Active Secret Security Clearance.
- Experience working within the Federal government and/or DoD
- DODD 8570 Level II certification (SANS certifications, CISSP)
- Familiarity with incident response products and best practices
- PA or F5 certifications
Top Skills
What We Do
Credence provides innovative technology, health, international development, engineering, and management solutions to support mission-critical programs for Federal government customers. We are one of the nation’s largest privately held government contractors.
Our ability to perform exceptionally to implement new solutions, efficiencies, and savings across 220 U.S. Government programs is due to our obsession with exceeding customer expectations and our emphasis on employee wellbeing—best exemplified by our corporate philosophy: “One Measure of Success. Yours.”
WHY WORK WITH CREDENCE? We are consistently rated as a Top Workplace and are proud to be one of the fastest growing privately held firms in the U.S. over the last decade.
Credence treats each customer, teaming partner, and employee as a trusted partner whom we serve. We ensure successful outcomes by focusing on the measure of success that we consider to be most important—Yours.
WHY WORK FOR CREDENCE? We are a diverse, enthusiastic team of professionals who are dedicated to providing exceptional service to our customers. Our culture is focused on employee empowerment, recognition, and reward, and each person is encouraged to take initiative and strive to reach their greatest potential.
HOW CREDENCE GIVES BACK: We believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work through corporate charitable events, support for employee volunteering, and a 100% corporate match for employee charitable giving.
