AddressDescription
Please Note:
- The client is seeking a Palo Alto Engineer. This position is located in Woodlawn, MD.
Description of Work:
- Provide technical analysis in network security planning, engineering, and design.
- Service as the enterprise expert in cross-functional discipline of enterprise network and cyber security infrastructure.
- Provide analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network security problems.
- Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and cyber security hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention devices.
- Coordinate third-party maintenance for network and cyber security equipment.
- Troubleshoot problems with department users and department network administrators.
- Validate enterprise-level network security design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies.
- Provide specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
- Provide daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issues and develop risk mitigation solutions.
- Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and The Federal Client management.
- Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems.
- Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support.
- Design, test, and implement state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products, including design of high-level dashboards, using data feeds from different network tools.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed:
- Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant cyber security experience, or Master's Degree and 7 years of relevant cyber security experience, or PhD with 4 years of relevant cyber security experience, or 13 years of relevant cyber security experience in lieu of degree.
- Possess once active (expert-level) firewall certification: Palo Alto (PCNSE)
- 6 years of experience performing security functions on network devices, appliances, and security tools.
- 7 years of experience in demonstrates the skill and ability to translate security mandates and guidelines such as NIST 800-series into operational functions.
- 6 years of experience with whitelisting and blacklisting using network security tools and devices.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration:
- 3 years of experience with scalable firewall platform with either Checkpoint or Palo Alto products.
- 2 years of experience with virtual firewalls.
- 2 years of experience with Skybox tool.
- Possess knowledge of Tenable/Nessus, Sourcefire, Stealthwatch, and DbProtect.
- Prior experience supporting the Federal Client or similar government agencies.
- Knowledge of business processes supporting IT programs, networks, and/or cybersecurity programs.
- Knowledge of technologies, networking principles, data flows, workflows, and IT reporting.
- Knowledge of network security tools.
