Job ID: JOB_ID_4228
Role Overview:
The AOC is seeking a Network Security Engineer to actively participate in planning and coordinating the design, installation, and connectivity of computer and network systems to ensure stable, scalable, redundant, and secure 24×7 network operations. This role involves project-based engineering, design, installation, and troubleshooting of data security networks, as well as assessment and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
Key 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.
- Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring, and review of secure data communications networks.
- 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, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
- Leading, scheduling, providing guidance, and coordinating activities with other team members to resolve 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 the team or on an as-needed basis.
Resource Skills, Experience & Capabilities:
- Core Network Security: Five years of experience with Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall services, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Content Filtering, Virtual Private Networks, Data Loss Prevention, and TLS/SSL Inspection.
- Cisco Networking: Four years of experience in complex switching, routing, and wireless with Cisco Systems.
- Load Balancing: Three years of experience in Reverse Proxies and Load Balancing with A10 networks.
- Network Access Control: Two years of experience in Network Access Control (NAC) using Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
- General Experience: Implementing multi-factor authentication solutions with Microsoft, cloud-based virtual networking and security services, authentication standards (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications, scalable routing protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), enterprise data center micro-segmentation, Certificate Management/PKI, vulnerability management (Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, Linux OS), packet/protocol analysis (Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark), centralized management (Panorama, SolarWinds), and major server/desktop operating systems.
- Soft Skills: Ability to work independently, troubleshoot, and mentor junior associates. Communicate effectively when providing presentations. Produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans, user instructions).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.
- Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
- Active certifications: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) or Palo Alto Networks Network Security Professional Certification, AND Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Enterprise or (CCNA) Security Certification.
- Alternatively, certifications that are currently active or expired within three (3) years of proposal submission: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) or Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall Engineer Certification or Palo Alto Networks Network Security Analyst Certification, AND Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.
- Foreign education must be evaluated by a credential evaluation service (NACES or AICE member).
Additional Information:
- Visa Status: H1B transfer case.
- In-person interview required.
Special Requirements
Inperson Interview, H1B transfer case
Compensation & Location
Salary: $100,000 – $140,000 per year (Estimated)
Location: Annapolis, MD
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