
Network Engineer at Ardent Principles, Inc
Ardent Principles, Inc · Chantilly, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Chantilly
LOCATION: Chantilly, VA
Do you enjoy tackling complex network challenges and keeping systems running at peak performance? We’re looking for a skilled Network Engineer who’s eager to design, optimize, and protect the systems that power our client's organization.
With a competitive salary range and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities. Join us and let's shape the future together!
"Ardent Principles" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Hands-on experience with firewall administration
- Network Access Control.
- Access Controls.
- VPN tunneling.
- Endpoint security and mobile emulation environments.
- Securing and managing endpoint devices, including mobile emulation environments such as BlueStacks.
Highly Desired Qualifications
- Collaborating with cybersecurity and VDI teams, Sponsor or otherwise
- Providing training and support.
- Developing and maintaining network and endpoint security policies and procedures.
- Conducting regular security assessments.
- Implementing Zero Trust security model.
- Engaging in continuous improvement related to identifying opportunities for enhancing network and endpoint security measures and implement innovative solutions to improve overall security posture
- Certifications: CCNP Security, PCNSE, ITIL v4, Microsoft MCP, or CompTIA Linux+
- Managing security and performance of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), to include networking components, administering firewall policies, VPNs, network segmentation, and endpoint policy enforcement.
- Ensuring network and endpoint systems are secure, efficient, and compliant.
- Managing Palo Alto PA-3430, Cisco Firepower 2130s, and Nexus switches and administering and optimizing firewall and network switch configurations.
- Configuring OpenVPN/IPsec-based VPNs for secure remote access in a VDI environment.
- Segmenting networks using VLANs and Access Control Lists in a Zero Trust model.
- Implementing network segmentation strategies to enhance security and minimize the attack surface.
- Overseeing endpoint provisioning, patching, and hardening via ManageEngine; to include managing the lifecycle of endpoint devices, provisioning, patching, and hardening to ensure they are secure and up-to-date.
- Administering Windows 11, Linux, and BlueStacks.
- Managing and supporting endpoint operating systems and Android emulators to ensure they meet performance and security standards.
- Enforcing GPOs and AD-integrated access controls.
- Implementing and managing Group Policy Objects and Active Directory integrated access controls to enforce security policies and user permissions.
- Developing and deploying automation scripts to streamline policy enforcement and system management tasks.
What We Offer You
- Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
- Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
- 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
- 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
- 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
- 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
- Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.