We are looking for a senior network consultant to complete a network audit based around our client's boundary/perimeter and secure DMZ network. The client network has evolved over time and has become increasingly complex and less performant. This audit is a preliminary activity to identify issues and provide recommendations on remediation.
Need to be SC cleared or had clearance recently.
Key skills and technologies include the following;
- Routing and Switching
- IP networking
- Network Security
- Vendors: Cisco, Cisco ASA, Fortinet, Check Point, McAfee GW, SolarWinds, Splunk
- Previous network audit experience
- Previous experience of troubleshooting and identify performance-related issues
- Previous experience of providing network recommendations/remediation reports
Scope and deliverables include:
- Discovery
- Understand the network environments within the scope of the audit
- Review existing documentation of network environments within the scope of the audit
- Confirm system tools and access mechanism (SSH, SNMP etc)
- Gather all required information to support the analysis phase of the audit
- Analysis
- Complete deep level analysis of information gathered to support audit deliverables
- Complete further data capture and analytics to support audit deliverables
- Complete detailed analysis of routed, switched and security network domain topologies
- Build and prepare an initial draft recommendation report
- Document and Report
- Prepare audit report to include;
- Listing of recommendations/remediation required sorted by priority and urgency
- Identify and detail milestones and deliverables that form the next / follow-up tasks and activities (remediation)
- Prepare a fixed outcome SoW and identify key deliverables such as improvements and enhancements
- Prepare audit report to include;