This position is for a Firewall Engineer with a concentration on Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls. The right candidate will be a self-starter who can serve in a technical lead role, provide technical project management/oversight, and provide hands-on support at an SME level within areas of focus.
Responsibilities- Serve as an experienced engineer working with application teams to properly shape firewall rules.
- Act as a liaison between the firewall team and Information Security.
- System network requirements gathering
- Engineer/Implementation of Checkpoint Nextgen firewall policies
- Engineer/Implementation of Palo Alto Nextgen firewalls policies
- Migrating legacy firewall policies to layer 7 policies
- Supporting and implementing holistic security stacks relative to Nextgen Firewalls (e.g. IPS, IDS, Layer 7 rules, etc.)
- Manage and implement Firewall code updates
- In depth troubleshooting and supporting of firewall fleet exceeding 100 nodes
- Evaluate technical solutions in response to business challenges
- Present technical solutions as needed for knowledge sharing and acceptance
- Provide project support and status reporting
- Establish and maintain system documentation
- Represent changes via CAB meetings
- Collaborate with partnering teams in support of solution development and deployment
- Advance hands on experience and knowledge of Firewall technologies
- Experienced with BGP routing protocol
- Advance hands on experience and knowledge with System design, administration, and security
- Strong team player, able to communicate and show leadership amongst teams of similarly knowledgeable specialists and engineers
- Experience supporting technical teams in a lead role
- Experience working with Incident, Problem, and Change Management
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity and/or prior experience working with Cloud environment(s) (e.g. Azure, AWS, or OCI)
- Active certification as a professional in Palo Alto and/or Checkpoint
- Active certification as a network professional (CCNP, CISSP, etc.)
Additional Information
Hours:
- Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM
Location:
- 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180
- 141 Security Drive Winchester, VA 22602
- 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526
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Skills Required
- Advanced hands-on experience and knowledge of firewall technologies
- Experience with BGP routing protocol
- Advanced hands-on experience with system design, administration, and security
- Strong teamwork, communication, and leadership skills
- Experience supporting technical teams in a lead role
- Experience with Incident, Problem, and Change Management
- Familiarity with cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or OCI
- Active Palo Alto and/or Check Point professional certification
- Active network professional certification such as CCNP or CISSP
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