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Firewall Engineer

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Firewall Engineer Location :

  • BELTSVILLE, MD , United States Category :  Cyber Subcategory :  Cybersecurity Spec Schedule :  Full-time Shift :  Swing Shift (3 PM - 11 : 30 PM)  Travel :  No Minimum Clearance Required :  Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain :  Top Secret Hybrid Schedule :   Current work schedule is 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.
  • JOB DESCRIPTION Description This is an opening for a  Firewall Engineer  to support a Department of State (DoS) Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) program.
  • This program provides transparent, interconnected systems and security supporting the DoS in successfully carrying out its U.S. foreign policy mission.
  • IRM provides enterprise architecture design, engineering, operations and maintenance support services for desktops, servers, networks, firewalls, and enterprise applications across the Department.
  • Program is named "Vanguard" and is an IT consolidation consisting of the Department's servers, mainframes, network devices, network perimeter, anti-virus engineering, public key infrastructure (PKI) / biometrics / encryption, monitoring tools, telephony, mobile computing platform, virtual environment, and enclave design / security engineering.
  • This is a firewall admin position within the Vanguard 2.2.1 program, providing general Tier II monitoring, configuration, and support to multiple firewall and perimeter security systems.
  • The position directly supports DoS on-site to provide perimeter security protection to over 80,000 customers globally.   This is a hybrid remote role, with 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.

Description of Duties :

  • Provides Tier 2 support in the monitoring, management, and troubleshooting of perimeter devices to include firewalls, proxies, switches, and mail transport agents.
  • Creating, updating, and reporting using ServiceNow’s application for incident and service requests.
  • Implements firewall routing rules and policies, perform troubleshoots of firewall, email, and Proxy platforms for performance issues.  Analyzes network traffic captures.
  • Escalates issues as required to Tier 3 staff or OEM and monitors issues throughout a problem’s life cycle
  • Performs recurring maintenance activities such as device reboots on perimeter devices
  • Records and reports on firewall operations, utilization, and maintenance.
  • Collaborate across Bureaus and Agencies to implement and repair network changes as they relate to perimeter security devices.
  • Support Diplomatic Security Computer Incident Response Team by implementing IP address blocks requests.
  • Routinely updates architecture diagrams using Visio
  • Monitor and perform health checks on multiple perimeter security devices.
  • Draft, coordinate and publish outage notifications as required.
  • Update shift logs and provide reports to leadership daily.
  • Maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, and other working documents.
  • Attend weekly teleconferences, onsite meetings, and participate in working groups as required.
  • Mentor and supervise a small team of four other shift engineers.   Qualifications Required Education  BA degree and 5 years of direct IT experience in core technologies; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree.
  • Required Experience, Skills, & Attributes
  • In Depth experience using Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama monitoring tools to troubleshoot and configure a Firewall infrastructure.
  • Strong understanding of networking, proxy, and packet filtering technologies.
  • 3-5 years direct Firewall support experience (Tier I - III).
  • First-hand experience with supporting the monitoring and configuration of Firewall / DMZ infrastructure.
  • Including configuration of routing, policies, NAT, zones, objects, reviewing and analyzing data captures.
  • Network and Application Firewall Packet Filtering technologies such as (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Fortinet Security Appliances, A10 proxy devices).
  • CLI experience required.
  • Preferred Experience, Skills, & Attributes
  • Experienced in utilizing other network monitoring tools such as Nagios and Neural Star
  • Knowledge of Proxy and Email methods and protocols
  • Intermediate knowledge in configuring Cisco routing and switches.
  • Experienced with TCP / IP network implementation and troubleshooting Clearance Requirement
  • An active Secret clearance is required to start work and requires eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance.   Powered by JazzHR
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