Lead Firewall Engineer

CACI International•Springfield, VA

About The Position

TCS is looking for a Lead Firewall Engineer to oversee the NSS Boundary Team. This role will report directly to the Branch Chief of Cyber Technology Services. This position is responsible for maintaining compliance with quality assurance standards and ensuring service level agreements are met or exceeded within this service area. Experience in reviewing, validating, and implementing requirements within enterprise Change Requests (CRQs) and determining impacts to network and cyber operations across the enterprise. This role is also responsible for providing technical oversight of troubleshooting efforts and solutions development executed by the subordinate team.

Requirements

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI
10+ years related technical experience network security technologies, tools, and techniques
5+ years' experience with large-scale enterprise/global networks in a high paced diverse environment
Understanding and experience with the DoD Architecture Framework and other key DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions
Demonstrated knowledge in planning, directing, and managing a Firewall / Boundary Security Team in an organization similar in size
Firewall experience within the DoW or IC
Demonstrated knowledge of implementation of Perimeter and Internal Firewalls (both physical and virtual contexts)
Demonstrated advanced experience in managing baseline configurations across numerous firewalls
Demonstrated advanced experience in evaluating rules to ensure maximum security while minimizing redundancy and processing overhead
Demonstrated experience with researching and fielding new and innovative firewall technology
Experience with F5 platforms/technologies (APM, AFM, SSLO, etc.)
Experience with Palo Alto platforms/technologies (Threat Prevention, Wildfire, URL Filtering, Global Protect)
Experience with Juniper SRX platforms/technologies
Experience with Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP revocation
Familiar with DoD PKI, Kerberos, LDAP, Active Directory, Authentication (SAML, OAuth)
Ability to describe and troubleshoot TLS/SSL handshake/connection issues
Network design, engineering, and implementation (Advanced Level)
Creation of network related Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) equipment lists and costing, Level of Effort (LOE) estimation for labor
Understanding of DoW, DISA, and IC standards and processes
Ability to work weekends and evening hours as needed
Ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II compliant certification (current). Must be able to successfully obtain/maintain CSSP Infrastructure Support certification within 120 days.

Nice To Haves

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Network Security or related field
F5 Networks certifications
Juniper JNCIS/JNCIP, Palo Alto PCNSE (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Serve as the focal point for all firewall tasks, operations, and projects
Lead, direct, and manage execution of all daily operations, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities of the NSS Boundary work center.
Design, implement Manage security solutions using F5, Juniper SRX, and Palo Alto for project-based requirements.
Ensure systems, devices, and application under your responsibility and span of control meet applicable STIG/SRG and organizational configuration baselines
Lead regular compliance evaluations and audits
Develop, oversee, maintain, and enforce configuration management processes, Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs), and other documentation as needed/required.
Monitor platform performance, logs, software version(s), and configuration drift to identify and mitigate performance, compliance, and security issues.
Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams, inventories, and licensing status for the various capabilities within the scope of the team.
Provide written reports and oral briefings to contract and government leadership
Coordinate issues with the appropriate stakeholders to ensure task completeness and overall customer satisfaction.
Provide recommendations on newly submitted customer requests.
Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.
Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices.
Conduct performance assessments, mentor, and coach personnel.