Hi,
Job Title : Sr Network Engineer
Location : Residence within one (1) hour of Austin, TX
Duration : 12 Months.
Required Skills
General Abilities
- Familiarity with large-scale enterprise or government environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to clearly document technical findings, configurations, and change activities
- Ability to communicate effectively within structured, process-driven environments
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as a Tier 3 escalation point for complex firewall and network security issues.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for Cisco Secure Firepower Firewall incidents.
• Perform day-to-day firewall operational support using Cisco Secure FMC, including but not limited to:
o Creating and maintaining operational and compliance reports,
o Monitoring firewall health and system performance,
o Analyzing traffic flows and connection behavior, and
o Supporting routing protocols within secured environments.
• Troubleshoot and support VPN technologies, including site-to-site and remote access VPNs.
• Analyze, implement, and optimize firewall access control and security policies.
• Participate in formal change management processes, including documentation, peer review, approvals, and scheduled implementations.
• Execute approved changes during after-hours change windows, as required.
• Participate in a team-based on-call rotation to support after-hours and emergency incidents.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and operational stakeholders to meet Managed Network Services (MNS) obligations.
General Technical Skills
Strong understanding of routing concepts and protocols in secured network environments
Specific Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Secure Firepower Firewalls
- Advanced troubleshooting experience, including but not limited to:
- Snort 3 (Intrusion Prevention System [IPS] and file policies)
- Traffic flow analysis and packet inspection
- NAT and/or PAT configuration and troubleshooting
- Security Intelligence policies
- Access control rule analysis
- OSI Layers 1 through 7, with particular emphasis on Layers 1 through 4
- Solid operational experience with Cisco Secure FMC
- Proven experience in troubleshooting VPN technologies (i.e., Cisco Secure Client/AnyConnect)
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your updated resume in MS Word format along with your expected hourly rate to [Insert contact email or Phone #].
Rick P
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