Senior Network Engineer/Firewall Engineer

Our Fortune 500 client is looking for a Senior Network Engineer/Firewall Engineer to work on their project based out of Washington, DC

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer/Firewall Engineer

Location: Washington, DC-Remote

Duration: Long term

Need Local candidates

Job Description:

• Provide analysis, research, and support to complex problems and processes
• Responsible for the development, configuration, and maintenance of the project Firewalls
• Provides firewall engineering and subject matter expertise for the project network architecture (e.g., 3-zone, Out of Band, routing, NAT)
• Creates and updates Network Firewall Architectural Diagrams
• Ensures tools are configured to maintain the firewall infrastructure
• Provides input for reports to Operations Manager such as capacity management, project status, ticket status, and trend analysis
• Coordinates activities for the Network & Firewall team
• Ensures Network Firewall Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are being met
• Manages the Service Now (SNOW) queue for Firewall requests to include CRs, INCs, PRBs and RITMs
• Creates and maintains Firewall Standard Operating Processes and Procedures
• Attends CMS customer meetings and provides status
• Maintain documentations, SOPs in all areas of the Firewalls
• Perform On-call support as part of team rotation
• Provide weekly status reports
• Plan and implement Firewall configuration changes following strict change management process to ensure no downtime or impact to the critical infrastructure or applications
• Work with vendor support engineers on escalation and ticket resolution, root cause analysis
• Responsible for participating in the HOM Risk Management Process through risk and issue identification and resolution
• Travel (10%) to customer sites may be required.

Skills :

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related experience as outlined below, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of Firewall engineering and administration experience
• 10+ years of experience configuring Cisco Firepower, Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewall
• Demonstrated understanding of the Cisco Network Firewall infrastructure and best practices
• Experience with SNOW (ServiceNow) Incident and Service Request management workflow
• Experience with LAN/WAN Firewall equipment and protocols such as, but not limited to BGP, 802.1Q, LACP including Nexus vPC, TCP/UDP, IPv4, IPv6, HSRP, STP, LLDP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, Ethernet, SNMP, SSH, TACACS, LDAP, and Syslog.
• Experience with Firewall monitoring tools such as SolarWinds
• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP and OSI models.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or higher certification
• Cisco ISE device administration/TACACS+
• Experience supporting and maintaining Cisco Firepower, Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewalls to include set-up, maintenance, upgrades, and replacement of the latest generation of hardware and software.
• Knowledge and ability to read packet captures utilizing WireShark or similar tools
• Experience with Out-of-Band console servers such as Vertiv Avocent
• Understanding of Splunk queries/searches

Please send your updated Word format resume along with your best contact details to or call me at .

Stellar IT Solutions is a Global IT Solution provider headquartered in Rockville, MD with operations in the US and India. Stellar IT Solutions has over 15 years of IT and consulting experience to give cost-effective solutions to many Fortune 500 companies.