A Fortune 50 financial services company is seeking a highly motivated Cyber Security Engineer to join their team in the McLean, Virginia area.
Responsibilities:
Translate Zero Trust requirements into detailed firewall rule requests
Submit requests including:
Source identities (users, groups, roles)
Destination applications/services
Ports, protocols, and application IDs
Ensure all requests meet firewall engineering standards and technical requirements
Act as the primary liaison between Zero Trust, IAM, firewall engineering, and application teams
Track firewall requests from submission through completion
Resolve implementation questions and discrepancies with engineering teams
Validate that implemented rules align with approved Zero Trust policies
Perform testing to confirm:
Identify and remediate misconfigurations, gaps, or policy drift
Ensure all rules are documented, tagged, and auditable
Maintain records for compliance, reporting, and governance
Support ongoing refinement of Zero Trust policies and access controls
Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in Network Security, Firewall Engineering, Zero Trust, or related Security roles within enterprise environments
Hands-on experience with Enterprise Firewalls (Palo Alto preferred)
Strong understanding of User-based and Application-aware Firewall policies
Experience in submitting and managing firewall rule requests in enterprise environments
Ability to validate implementations and troubleshoot access issues
Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple technical teams
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
Familiarity with IAM (Entra ID, AD groups, RBAC models)
Experience integrating firewall rules with application onboarding frameworks
Knowledge of Audit, Compliance, and Security Reporting
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