NC FAST Cloud Network Engineer - Senior

NC FAST requires a Senior Enterprise Network Engineer to provide networking and firewall rule support for application connectivity in Hybrid environment.

The NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks a highly technical contract resource for NC FAST (Families Accessing Services through Technology). This position will serve as an Network Engineer to support applications hosted in the cloud (AWS / Azure) and on-Prem.

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to) :

Troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues related to networking and security.

Create firewall rules for environments.

Assist the Operations and cloud team as requested.

Maintain and keep track of all technical duties related to cloud networking such as design, implementation, and support.

Manage, monitor, troubleshoot and resolve network performance issues : utilization / throughput, slowness, and unexpected latency.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto VM Series firewall and Panorama configuration and optimization

Required

Years

Experience with routers, routing protocols, transit gateways, load balancing, and overall cloud networking, including VPCs, subnets, routes, securit

Required

Years

Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment.

Required

Years

Experience with VPN technologies to include IPsec and SSL technologies.

Required

Years

Ability to work on large TCP / IP networks, design, implementation, and troubleshooting.

Required

Years

Experience with name services and resolution, associated IP assignments.

Required

Knowledge of core network services (including DNS, DHCP, and IPAM technologies)

Required

Possess strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to troubleshoot complex cloud networking infrastructure issues.

Required

Self-motivated with strong team-oriented and collaborative attitude.

Required

Strong knowledge and understanding of cloud infrastructure components : compute, storage, network management, and monitoring (network and security)

Highly desired

Knowledge of WAF as a Service (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Highly desired

Questions

No.

Question

Question1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question2

Please provide Candidate's current location (City and State), NOT a Yes or No response.

Question3

Your candidate may be required to attend an in-person interview. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question4

What is your candidate's email address?

Question5

How soon can your candidate start if selected for this opportunity?

Question6

Briefly explain your cloud networking experience including AWS / Azure.

Question7

Vendors must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Is your candidate an employee of your company or a subcontractor? Please be sure to notify a CAI Account Manager if your candidate's employee status changes.

Question8

Vendors must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order will be outsourced to other countries. Do you anticipate outsourcing any work being done for this assignment to another country?

Question9

Final hourly pay will be between -0 and -02 based on the candidate s level of experience and interview performance.

Question10

Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource. It is the responsibility of the Vendor to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question11

Have you thoroughly validated, and attest to the accuracy of, the credentials listed throughout your candidate s VectorVMS profile and resume pursuant to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440?