ECS is seeking an Sr Forescout Engineer to work remotely.
This role will primarily be remote, however, it will require occasional support for Deployment of Comply to Connect (C2C) at various Army bases, CONUS and OCONUS.
We are currently seeking a talented Sr. Forescout Engineer to join our team. This role will provide engineering support and documentation to create a healthy security posture implementing Comply-To-Connect for our delivered Managed Service supporting the US Army. In this role, you will focus on design, integration, and deployment. You will provide tactical and strategic input on improving overall network operations and Network Access Control using Forescout. The selected candidate must be well versed in architectural best practices and applying them across a breadth of technologies to solve an organizational problem. You should be capable of articulating your views on the future development of technology to varying audiences, and you should understand the interaction between infrastructure and solution architecture.
- Provide Engineering support for Comply to Connect on multiple DoD networks and classification domains
- Establish and maintain network analysis and monitoring tools; including fine-tuning, health reporting and alerting
- Make recommendations to optimize stability, availability, reliability and performance of networking infrastructure.
- Resolve complex networking and other technology issues with multiple parties involved
- Develop process and architecture diagrams
- Identify and provide technical subject matter expertise on remediation and mitigation of all open findings from DISA STIGs
- Provide program status reports and briefings to internal management, senior leadership and government oversight officials
- Understanding of enterprise computing environments, distributed applications, and strong knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networks to include ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
- Advanced Administrator’s level of understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX) is a plus
- Computer Networking Systems Administrator’s level Knowledge of all protocol layers
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking environments
- Expertise in debugging and root-cause analysis in complex systems and large environments
- Experience installing, implementing and debugging network access control security solutions
- Understating of programming languages: C, Java, and Perl
- This is a “hands-on” position that requires someone who is capable of multi-tasking. It requires an individual with a service-oriented mentality that can focus and take ownership of assignments/issues and manage/resolve those issues.
- Work well in a team oriented environment and be able to self-manage their tasks to ensure success.
- Communicate up and down within the organization; prepare detailed descriptions of issues, status updates, recommendations, and reports. Applicants must be organized with an eye for detail.
Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Ability to gain interim secret clearance or have secret clearance or better.
- US Citizen
- DoD 8570 IAT II
- 6+ yrs. experience working in a DOD environment (Contractor/Civilian/Military), preferably US Army or DISA
- Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE)
- Experience with Network Access Controls
- Experience with projects across development lifecycles (analysis through implementation)
- Ability to multi‐task and effectively prioritize competing requirements
- Must be proficient with desktop programs such as MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio
- Must possess a high attention to detail
- Good oral and written communications skills.
- Have networking, telecom, or application development, client/server, network and internet/web development experience.
- The ability to apply IT industry standards to secure network environment.
- Experience in creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution, ability to manage and document system configurations.
Skills Required
- 6+ years experience in a DOD environment
- Ability to gain or have secret clearance
- Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE)
- DoD 8570 IAT II
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
