Network Security Engineer

Career Pathways Consulting•Annapolis, MD

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sandy AV is looking for a Network Security Engineer that will actively participate in planning and coordinating the design, installation, and connectivity of computer and network systems to ensure stable, scalable, redundant, and secure 24x7 network operations. THIS ROLE IS A CONTINGENT HIRE based on being awarded a contract in the Annapolis, MD area. Awards if granted will likely begin in and this is a 5-year contract.

Requirements

Associate Degree in an Information Technology (IT) field
Active certifications as follows: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) Certification or Palo Alto Networks Network Security Professional Certification.
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Enterprise or (CCNA) Security Certification.
Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
Five (5) years of experience with: Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks.
Content Filtering Palo Alto networks.
Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems.
Data Loss Prevention
TLS/SSL Inspection
Four years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems.
Three years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks.
Two years of experience in Network Access Control - Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
General experience with the following: Implementing multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft.
Cloud based virtual networking and security services
Authentication standards - (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications.
Scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP),
Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Enterprise Data Center implementing Micro segmentation.
Certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS
Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps.
Centralized Management using Panorama, SolarWinds
Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities
Ability to: To work independently, troubleshoot and provide mentoring to junior associates.
Communicate effectively when providing presentations.
Produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans andschedules, and user instructions) as required.

Responsibilities

Pro-actively identifying organization requirements, and helping to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
Performing project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks.
Providing assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance.
Leading migrations or assisting a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in depth solutions.
Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, changemanagement, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
Leading, scheduling, providing guidance and coordinating the activities with other team members toresolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with team or on as needed basis
Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks.