VDOT Senior Network Security Engineer

Position Overview

Varmoda LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to support a public sector client''s enterprise network, cloud, and computing infrastructure. This role is responsible for securing and maintaining a large-scale hybrid environment that includes on-premises and Azure-based network services, firewalls, WAF technologies, SIEM platforms, and mission-critical public-facing applications. The Senior Network Security Engineer will work closely with infrastructure, cloud engineering, and information security teams to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure network security architectures across on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Review and manage firewall policies, rule requests, and access controls to ensure alignment with security standards.
• Monitor and investigate security events using SIEM technologies and lead containment efforts for security incidents.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting, anomaly detection, and network security assessments.
• Manage and support Palo Alto firewalls, WAF platforms, VPN solutions, and related network security technologies.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate network security vulnerabilities using approved assessment and scanning tools.
• Develop and maintain network diagrams, architecture documentation, IP addressing schemes, security standards, and operational procedures.
• Participate in outage response, penetration test remediation activities, and on-call support for critical security incidents.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of enterprise networking experience.
• Minimum 5 years of enterprise security experience.
• Minimum 3 years of Azure networking experience.
• Minimum 3 years of Web Application Firewall (WAF) and/or Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) experience.
• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Networking, including hybrid connectivity technologies.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, such as Splunk and/or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience with incident response, security investigations, log analysis, threat intelligence, and security monitoring.
• Experience with vulnerability management and remediation, including vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus, Tenable, or Microsoft Defender.
• Experience with Active Directory, MFA, Conditional Access, and certificate management.
• Experience with Network Access Control (NAC), 802.1X, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
• Experience with the following technologies:
  • Palo Alto
  • F5 Distributed Cloud
  • Azure WAF
  • Cisco VPN
  • GlobalProtect
  • F5 BIG-IP
• Experience working in highly regulated environments.
• Experience leading technical troubleshooting efforts during production outages.
• Ability to communicate technical issues to both technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Candidate must possess or be able to obtain:
  • Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)
  • Microsoft Azure Network Engineer (AZ-700)
• Experience with security frameworks and standards, including:
  • CIS Benchmarks
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF)
  • NIST 800-53
  • Zero Trust principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise environments with 300+ network devices and/or locations.
• Experience with ExpressRoute connectivity and large-scale hybrid network deployments.
• Experience supporting SD-WAN environments.
• Experience managing infrastructure supporting mission-critical public-facing applications.
• Experience partnering with cloud engineering, infrastructure, and information security teams in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong documentation skills, including network topology diagrams, architecture diagrams, firewall rule documentation, and IP addressing plans.
• Ability to work independently and lead assigned projects with minimal supervision.