Network Security Engineer

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Firewalls, Network Security, Security Technologies
Certifications:
None
Experience:
6 + years of related experience
ship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Overview:

GDIT MAINES contract has a requirement for an experienced Security Engineer to join our Network and Security Operations team for our ITS-EPA IV Managed Application, Infrastructure, Networking, Enterprise, and Security Services (MAINES) Contract in support of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Firewalls, Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA), and Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX) in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments. Should also have understanding of Cloud Operations, Network Engineering, and Intrusion Detection on an operational network. The candidate should have an understanding of Fortinet and Zscaler product suite, and be able to perform the configuration, tuning, and administration of said systems. The candidate will troubleshoot complex network security issues, implement network security best practices; develop and maintain 'acceptable use policies' for IP network, firewall, and filtering policies. Candidate should be flexible to changing work environment conditions and priorities; be a proactive, team player that seeks out ways to improve, automate, and streamline processes. Will be required to work on-call rotation and on special occasions after hours work will be performed for scheduled maintenance.

Task Responsibilities:

• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts in Zscaler.
• Considerable knowledge in the following areas: TCP/IP (IPv4 and IPv6), Fortinet Firewall, security principles, and troubleshooting.
• Define, implement, and maintain corporate security policies.
• Experience with deployment and documentation of enterprise project management and change management processes.
• Ability to identify solutions to potential network issues.
• Collaborate on problem management and root cause analysis discussions with fellow network engineers, security engineers and analysts.
• Draft technical requirements, configuration management, and planning documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent, +6 Years' current hands-on experience supporting a complex environment.
• Strong experience with Fortinet and Zscaler.
• Experience using a central ticketing system such as ServiceNow for resolving incidents.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio for drawings and flow charts.
• Experience following a change management system to submit and perform changes.
• Developing and documenting SOPs related to the work being performed.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to work across multiple projects with various team members.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust.
• Ability to work well with little to no supervision.
• Ability to work 100% remotely.

Desired Qualifications:

• Scripting.

The likely salary range for this position is $123,250 - $166,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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