Overview
Remote
On Site
Contract - W2
Contract - 1 day((s))
Skills
Cyber Security
WAF
Firewall
Palo Alto
F5 Load Balancer
Job Details
Job Title: Cyber Security (Palo Alto Firewall Engineer)
Location: Washington, DC (Remote Role)
Duration: 12 Months+
Remote role, but will be required to come on site once a month and as needed to resolve issues. Must be in the DC, Md, Va area.
PURPOSE:
Develops and implements security solutions. Administers security technology systems by architecting and engineering/developing trusted systems into secure systems. Assists in the development of implementation and deployment plans that are aligned to the organizational strategic plan objectives and security requirements. Advises management in developing cybersecurity policies, processes, and procedures.
Develops and implements security solutions. Administers security technology systems by architecting and engineering/developing trusted systems into secure systems. Assists in the development of implementation and deployment plans that are aligned to the organizational strategic plan objectives and security requirements. Advises management in developing cybersecurity policies, processes, and procedures.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience with Palo Alto firewall
- Demonstrated experience with F5 WAF and or Illumio Microsegmentation
- Demonstrated expertise of TCP/IP fundamentals, IP sub netting, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), and network management
- Demonstrated expertise of point-to-point, VPN, and other WAN connectivity options
- Demonstrated experience with Palo Alto firewall
- Demonstrated experience with F5 WAF and or Illumio Microsegmentation
- Demonstrated expertise of TCP/IP fundamentals, IP sub netting, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), and network management
- Demonstrated expertise of point-to-point, VPN, and other WAN connectivity options
Bonus Skills:
- Demonstrated experience with AWS security tools
- Demonstrated experience with Proofpoint Gateway (Email Security)
- Demonstrated experience with Splunk and Palo Alto SOAR
- Demonstrated experience with AWS security tools
- Demonstrated experience with Proofpoint Gateway (Email Security)
- Demonstrated experience with Splunk and Palo Alto SOAR
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will be responsible for operating and maintaining network security infrastructure to support mission-critical operations.
Oversee security infrastructure sustainment, maintenance, and advanced configuration of security tools (Palo Alto firewalls, F5 WAF, Illumio, Proofpoint mail gateways, IDS, AWS, and other security tools).
Respond quickly and effectively to network issues, outages, and change requests.
Recommend and perform system maintenance on network and security hardware/software as required.
Utilize network monitoring tools to proactively address capacity, performance, and availability issues before service degradation occurs.
Create and implement automation to increase efficiency, deployment velocity and reduce errors.
Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
Providing mentoring for other engineers on equipment/software.
Cross train in-house to share knowledge and share workload.
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