Senior Firewall Engineer

Description of Work:

This position will be located in Woodlawn, MD.

The qualified applicant will become part of Healthcare IT solutions for our Federal, State, and Local government clients. The qualified candidate should also have strong analytical, problem

solving, and communication skills with a keen attention to detail.

• 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 issue and develop risk mitigation solutions.

• Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and 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.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of relevant cyber security experience, or Master’s Degree and 6 years of relevant cyber

security experience, or PhD with 4 years of relevant cyber security experience, or 12 years of relevant cyber security

experience in lieu of degree.

• Must have active (expert-level) firewall certification: Palo Alto (PCNSE)

• 6 years of experience performing security functions on network devices, appliances, and security tools.

• Must have the experience ability to translate security mandates and guidelines such as NIST

• 800-series into operational functions.

• Must have ability with whitelisting and blacklisting using network security tools and devices.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.

• Must reside close to Windsor Mill, MD. Hybrid may be considered in future.

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.

• Prior experience supporting the Social Security Administration 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.