Network Security Engineer

Our client is seeking a Network Security Engineer for a 9+ month contract in Irving, TX. Will be working on an Onsite schedule.

Contract Duration: 9 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 3 to 5 years of related Network Security experience.
• At least one entry-level vendor certification (with non-entry-level preferred) in the Network Security arena (Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE preferred, Cisco CCNA/CCNP Security, Juniper JNCIA-SEC/JNCIS-SEC, etc.).
• Skills with both Palo Alto and Juniper firewalls.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• At least one entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena (GICF, GSEC, CISA, CEH, etc.)

What You Will Be Doing

• Responsible for all aspects of Network Security.
• Expected to continue developing your professional knowledge of security concepts and apply company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues of moderate scope in appropriate ways, in all the following domains.
• Receive general technical direction for all but complex tasks, with more detailed guidance on new assignments:
  • Firewalls and network filters, in both Enterprise, Stores, and cloud networks.
  • Intrusion Prevention policies.
  • Site-to-site and remote-access VPN connectivity.
  • Network Access Control.
  • Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (to include multi-factor authentication).
  • Web access proxy servers and URL filtering.
  • PKI and certificate issuance and management.
  • DNS Security.
  • Threat research, vulnerability remediation, and creation of compensating controls.
  • Network Security policy creation, exception documentation and approval.
  • Management of multi-factor authentication tokens.
• Participate with team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
• Prioritize taskings and projects assigned based on importance to accomplishment of business objectives. Seek assistance from senior teammates as needed.
• Solve issues of moderate complexity and scope where analysis of situations and data requires a review of a variety of identifiable factors.
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate actions.
• Work on projects with senior engineers, to advance partnership opportunities between Network Security team and other business areas.
• Implement compensating controls and mitigations to identified security risks.
• Assist in performing network security platform testing, vulnerability remediation, and operating system hardening to reduce attack surface.
• Maintain network security policies, standards, processes, and workflows.