Senior Systems Engineer (EP-DNS)

Company Description

Complete Professional Services (CPS) is a forward thinking women owned small business with extensive capabilities in systems development, integration, maintenance and support in the Federal Health Care and National Security Information Technology (IT) domains.

Job Description

Complete Professional Services (CPS) is searching for an Enterprise Protected-Domain Name Service (EP-DNS) Systems Engineer – Senior, you will provide services in support of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM).  You will provide Information Assurance (IA) support for the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Domain Name Service Security Extensions, and Architectural Support Land Warrior Network (LandWarNet) for the Enterprise Protected-Domain Name Service (EP-DNS) supporting classified and unclassified networks in the Army Enterprise.  You will provide engineering, testing, documentation, and technical support in the implementation of the EP-DNS software applications and related hardware.  In assuming this position, you will be a critical contributor to meeting CPS's mission: To deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions and services that enable our customers to rapidly adapt to dynamic environments.

Highlights of Responsibilities:

• Patch and upgrade Oracle database Infoblox appliance, and Solaris Operating System software for the U.S. Army's EP-DNS in a test environment. 
• Create a shell, using Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL) and Standard Query Language (SQL) Plus to automate data-gathering tasks in a test environment.
• Install and configure enterprise-level Oracle database servers, Infoblox appliances, Solaris-based domain name servers, and Java Runtime Environments in a test environment.
• Modify the LandWarNet architecture design of the Army EP-DNS infrastructure and Internet domain name resolution/Internet Protocol (IP) schema in a test environment. 
• Monitor and audit the Army's Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP address scheme across the LandWarNet.
• Write white papers, technical notes, test engineering reports, Engineering Considerations (EC), software maintenance updates (SMU), and ECPs.
• Provide technical support to Army customers, field engineers, technicians, and product support personnel who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging EP-DNS hardware and software problems.
• Coordinate, test, and implement EP-DNS security upgrades in a test environment. 
• Create software upgrades and implement software patches to the Sun Solaris 10/11 Operating System, Oracle 10/11 Database, Infoblox Trinzinc, and Lucent Vital QIP DNS software.
• Research Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) alerts and vulnerabilities in Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software.
• Perform security scans on EP-DNS servers using Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) for UNIX and Oracle databases.
• Identify security impacts to the EP-DNS, and design, implement, and maintain the secured EP-DNS baseline.
• Develop incidental technical documentation and drawings as necessary. 
• Review engineering designs, system designs, engineering concept of operations, and ECPs all based on DNS designs.

Qualifications

• Current Active Secret Security Clearance and or the ability to obtain one.
• Bachelor's Degree with 4 years practical experience; OR 12 years of practical experience.
• Seven (7) years working expertise in SUN Solaris 10/11, Oracle 10/11, and Domain Name Service (DNS).
• Extensive experience with Research Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) alerts and vulnerabilities in Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software.
• Working knowledge of the following areas: IPv4, IPv6, DNSSEC, Trinsic, DHCP, Vital QIP.
• IAT Level II certified as specified in DOD 8570.01-M and BBP 05-PR-M-0002 (Sec or other specific IA Certification).

Additional Information

Preferred Education and Experience: 

• Expertise in the following:  SUN Solaris 10/11, Oracle 10/11, and Domain Name Service (DNS).  
• Have extensive knowledge of current regulatory criteria, policies, procedures, principles, concepts, and techniques of IT support as it relates to the implementation of the EP-DNS system.  
• Working knowledge of the U.S. Army systems currently configured on IPv4 and being moved to IPv6.  Knowledge of EP-DNS equipment specifications and plans.
• Proficient in the current version of Visio and shall be familiar with software engineering processes, along with the full suite of Microsoft Office products.