Network Engineer
IDR

IDR is seeking a Network Engineer to join one of our top clients in Fort Worth, Texas on a Hybrid schedule. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a government organization and work within an ever-growing team-oriented culture, please apply today!

Position Overview:
The Network Services department is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support enterprise-level firewall and load-balancer infrastructure. The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing firewalls and load-balancers to ensure robust, secure network connectivity and functionality across the organization. This role is integral to maintaining secure and efficient network operations and involves both hands-on configuration and collaboration with external technology vendors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and document firewall and load-balancer architecture and configurations.
• Design, deploy, and troubleshoot enterprise firewalls and load-balancers, with a focus on troubleshooting isolation and issue remediation.
• Work with firewall and load-balancer configurations to optimize deployment and ensure compatibility with new applications requiring F5 virtual servers, pools, monitoring, and firewall NAT/security policies.
• Conduct real-time log analysis and manage support cases with external technology vendors.

Top Skills:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BIG-IP Load-Balancers, and Cisco switch technologies.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of advanced routing protocols, including OSPF, BGP, IPsec, and VPN technologies.

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. IDR is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, we invite employees to voluntarily self-identify their race or ethnicity, gender, and veteran status (if applicable). Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. You may access this form 

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