Network Security Engineer (Firewalls & LAN/WAN) - TS/SCI w/Poly
About The Position
The Network Security Engineer will provide technical oversight of project solutions, interpret requirements, and allocate requirements to technical components. The role defines customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and designs solutions involving capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, backup monitoring, and hardware and software installations. The engineer works independently with little supervision and flexibly supports IT Operations needs. The position maintains and upgrades network security posture, audits network events and health, and implements security improvements. It involves managing network installation and engineering tasks; configuring and maintaining communications systems and LAN/WAN equipment; producing build-to and as-built documentation, implementation plans, and test plans; and planning technical systems that use the network. The engineer analyzes, plans, designs, evaluates, selects, and upgrades voice, video, and data communications networks, plans network layouts, configures systems for user environments, and may provide Tier I, II, and III user support and troubleshooting. The role is onsite at the customer site in the Herndon, Virginia area.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
- Bachelor’s or Technology degree in Engineering or a related specialized area/field, or equivalent nine years of job-related experience.
- Five or more years of related Network Engineering experience.
- Three or more years configuring and maintaining Cisco ASA or Next Generation Firewalls.
- Four or more years configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices.
- Thorough understanding of network routing concepts, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and IP MPLS.
- Experience enabling voice and video traffic across port-based firewalls and NGFWs.
- Experience deploying Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper firewall manager servers.
- Experience engineering and deploying multi-firewall solutions.
- Five or more years designing, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces.
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transition plans.
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying firewalls in a multicast network environment.
- Experience with IPSec site-to-site VPN using PKI (CA).
- Experience with remote-access VPN.
- Basic understanding of QoS concepts.
- Experience with network monitoring technologies.
- Ability to turn ambiguous requirements or problems into technical solutions.
- Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems.
- Ability to research and resolve complex problems and issues.
- Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal, and team-building skills.
- Proven problem-solving skills in complex environments.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices.
- Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewall certifications and hands-on experience.
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying a multi-factor authentication solution.
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions.
Responsibilities
- Define, maintain, and upgrade the overall security posture of networks.
- Perform security audits of events and network health, and implement improvements to the security posture.
- Manage and allocate network installation and engineering tasks.
- Configure and maintain communications systems and LAN/WAN equipment, including firewalls, servers, workstations, routers, switches, hubs, storage devices, A/V equipment, and equipment racks.
- Write and edit build-to and as-built documentation, implementation plans, and test plans for physical and logical IT equipment installations.
- Participate in technical system planning beyond the network, including applications and systems that use the delivered network.
- Analyze, plan, design, evaluate, select, and upgrade voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including operating systems and protocol suites.
- Plan network layouts and configure systems for user environments.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting to users at Tier I, II, and III as needed.
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
- Internal mobility support and professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental and vision plan options.
- Flexible work weeks where possible, and paid time off plans that include vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits, life insurance, and other insurance offerings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
