What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Firewall Network Engineer position at CTG?
Job Details
CTG is seeking to fill a Senior Firewall Network Engineer opening for our client in Richmond, VA.
Location: Richmond, VA
Duration: Client Permanent Placement, full time hire with our client
Minimum 12 years of exp.
No C2C please
Duties: The Senior Firewall Network Engineer will be responsible for implementing and overseeing firewall policies, based on input from the Information Security Team, acting as a liaison between the Information Security and Networking teams. This role will ensure effective communication and collaboration across teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with the Project Management Office and application system owners to guide system designers on firewall requirements and document system communication flows.
- Advising business partners on B2B VPN requirements and documenting VPN configurations and communication flows.
- Maintaining up-to-date system communication design documents for all systems traversing firewalls.
- Assisting teams in troubleshooting systems by analyzing firewall logs and interpreting TCP/IP packet captures.
- Ensuring firewall appliances are current with OS versions, anti-virus signatures, applications, threat databases, Wildfire, and associated licenses.
- Staying informed about emerging firewall technologies, evaluating new features, and providing recommendations to IT management.
- Performing firewall hardware break/fix replacements and upgrades as needed.
- Monitoring Service Desk incident and request tickets and delegating firewall issues appropriately.
- Participating in the Technical Review Board and Change Advisory Board for system change management.
- Initiating effective communication with all Information Technology areas to ensure proper dissemination of information for planning and decision-making.
- Maintaining clear communication with health system departments, users, and user groups.
- Conducting research on firewall network products, services, protocols, and standards to support network procurement and development efforts.
- Establishing connectivity and uptime service level agreements.
- Supporting Administrative Procedures and directives.
- Performing other duties as assigned by the Manager of Information Systems.
Skills:
- Expertise in data center core networking, able to mentor junior network engineers.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Experience with firewall, VPN, load balancer, and network monitoring technologies.
- Proficiency in interpreting TCP/IP packet captures.
- Experience in researching and evaluating emerging firewall technologies.
Experience:
- Minimum of 12 years of networking experience.
- Six (6) or more years of experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, preferably in healthcare.
- Experience with Cisco networking and firewalls, including Cisco CCNA or equivalent demonstrated knowledge.
- Two (2) or more years of team leadership experience preferred.
- Experience in troubleshooting networking issues and interpreting logs.
- Familiarity with automation languages such as Python, Java, Perl, etc., is a plus.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications preferred.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.
- Cisco certifications or other Networking certifications required.
- PCNSE certification preferred.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services for this role.
