Firewall Engineer
About The Position
Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI) is seeking a Firewall Engineer to support the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) Task Order for the GIG Service Management – Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. This role requires a professional with hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized and cloud environments, skilled in developing and implementing Firewall/Networking Security Solutions. The CESO program aims to transform the existing Secure Web Services (SWS) environment for DISA, managing commercial cloud migration, automating CI/CD, consolidating fourth estate, professionalizing services with ITIL/DevSecOps, improving customer experience, and developing a service catalog. This position is onsite 5 days/week in Arlington, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of directly relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- 5+ years of hands-on Cisco / Palo Alto Firewall experience in both engineering and Operations and maintenance roles.
- Strong knowledge of Palo Alto concepts and best practices: Panorama Installation, HA Config, Template and Template Stacks, Panorama Policy creation and push to group of Firewalls and Verify Push, Palo Alto Route configuration, IPSec Site to Site VPN Config and Troubleshooting, Palo Alto VM in AWS, IPS Configuration, Virtual Router / Systems and Firewall HA
- Experience working in a high op-temp, Top Secret environment.
- 8570 IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP)
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
Responsibilities
- Identify and remediate misconfigurations, conflicting rules, security gaps, firewall and load balancer security issues, optimize rule-sets, and enhance the overall security posture and performance of Firewalls and Load Balancers
- Provide Tier 3 support to members of the operations network administrations.
- Maintain all HW and SW components at vendor supported levels.
- Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
- Conduct a minimum of two (2) assessment of firewall each month on CESO and customer devices and generate assessment reports and provide recommendations for improvements.
- Support the creation of network device performance and traffic utilization monthly reports.
- Develop and/or participate in After Action Reports (AARs)
- Provide expert advice and direction regarding the management and operation of all Palo Alto devices in the DISA CESO enterprise architecture.
- Interact with the customer point of contact to set objectives/goals based on Palo Alto Networks technologies and available technology roadmap for architecture and design discussions.
- Evaluate current technologies and processes associated with DISA CESO to identify gaps.
- Provide requirements and strategies for future cybersecurity operations.
- Active participant in meetings with DISA CESO and mission partner working groups.
- Adhere to applicable DOD STIGs, DISA applicable orders, and JSIG policy, guidelines, and regulations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
