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VPN WireShark Azure Cloud Consultant

(Jobs in Columbia, SC)

Requirement id 155694

Job title Consultant

Job location in Columbia, SC

Skills required CISCO Firewalls, VPN, WireShark, Azure Cloud

Open Date 24-Oct-2025

Close Date

Job type Contract

Duration 12 Months

Compensation DOE

Status requirement ---

Job interview type ---

Email Recruiter:coolsoft

Job Description Consultant: CISCO Firewalls, VPN, WireShark, Azure Cloud

Start date :12/2/2025

End Date : 12 Months from projected start date

Submission deadline : 10/31 at 5:00 PM EST.

Client Info : DSS

Note:

* Interview Process: 1 round, virtual (video required)

* Work Location: Role is hybrid (3 days onsite per week)

* Candidate location: Candidate must be a CURRENT SC resident. No relocation allowed.

Description:

COMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE:

The SC Department of Social Services Technology Services Division has established active and proactive cross team collaborations and interaction between the technical and application development teams. Candidates will have the opportunity to work in a large state agency, deploying, maintaining, and securing a communications network infrastructure for the agency sites (60 plus) as well as the communications tunnels between the State Data Center and 46 independent county governments.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

The Division of Technology Services is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and obtaining multiple mission critical applications for the Department of Social Services.

The project is ongoing information system architecture and support of agency infrastructure and firewall. Project is to ensure ongoing compliance with SC State and Federal architecture and security requirements and to maintain reliable communication between Agency systems and services and DSS partners and service end points, including independent County government services.

POSITION DESCRIPTION – NETWORK ARCHITECT - CONSULTANT

The candidate will provide technical expertise for ongoing development and support of the SC Department of Social Services voice and data communication networks, systems, and services infrastructure. This position will work for the Director of Network Operations and Data Center services, and with the Agency infrastructure, server, and database teams. This position will consult with Agency management, technical, and development teams to design and achieve secure, stable, and responsive systems and services, with a goal of improved system availability and performance for Agency customers, both internal and external.

Major responsibilities of this position include the following:

• Provide technical expertise for ongoing development and support of the SC Department of Social Services voice and data communication networks, systems, and services.

• Monitor and support telecommunication between SC DSS Agency and client/partner endpoints and the SC data center, using Cisco and Cisco/Meraki products and interfaces, with a priority on Firewall, Wireless, and ISE configurations, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

• Consult with and assist Agency infrastructure team and Agency partners to achieve, monitor and resolve telecommunication between endpoints.

• Understand the interactions between systems, applications, and services within the environment, and evaluate the impact of changes or additions.

• Analyze systems and perform usability testing to ensure performance and reliability, enhance scalability, and meet security requirements.

• Determine and communicate the implications of system-level decisions on subsystems and components and help determine how best to mitigate or take advantage of these implications.

• Determine and communicate the requirements and capabilities of components within the context of the larger system, project, and team.

• Provide an architectural framework for information system development, maintenance, and enhancement efforts.

• Work closely with Agency Security, End User Support, Network Services, and Network Communications teams to design and implement security countermeasures, and to prevent and mitigate network and client vulnerabilities.

• Provide re

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