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Firewall Engineer

ManTech International Corporation
South Burlington, VT Full Time
POSTED ON 1/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/28/2025

Description & Requirements

Transform the future of federal services with ManTech! Join a vibrant, diverse team committed to enhancing national security and public services through innovative tech. Since 1968, we've partnered with Federal Civilian sectors to deliver impactful solutions. Engage in exciting projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and more. Ignite your career and drive change. Your journey starts now-innovate and excel with ManTech!

ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Firewall Engineer in South Burlington, VT ; Camp Springs, MD ; or in a location to be determined upon offer acceptance.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

  • Managing Palo Alto firewalls , AWS administration, AlgoSec and Cisco StealthWatch, network security, and overall enterprise network infrastructure support.
  • Provide inventory reports detailing license management for current products.
  • Coordinate with the appropriate USCIS groups to implement / validate change success.
  • Proactively address issues, incidents, outages, and security considerations ensuring the stability of network capabilities and provide technical support with existing capabilities and expanded automation.
  • Work as escalation point to provide resolutions for network and firewall related issues and work with the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) when a firewall / network team presence is requested.
  • Collaborate with vendors and consultants to maintain and improve upon the USCIS systems under the team purview.
  • Work within a standard change management process to implement firewall / system changes.
  • Use Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence and MS Teams to provide transparency and allow information to be visible in real time and to create a unified backlog ensuring visibility into all areas of work and identifying inter-dependencies between teams.
  • Review, update and collaborate with other EIS contract teams and the federal customer to produce network documentation and system detailed designs utilizing applications like Visio.
  • Review / approve firewall change requests.
  • Provide network assistance and expert advice in the resolution of incidents elevated to the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). The CIRT is responsible to contact and triage the appropriate experts to collectively solve technical issues across the USCIS infrastructure and its applications. Once contacted by the CIRT, the contractor will remain engaged until the issue is declared resolved or the contractor is released by the CIRT.
  • Perform documentation and timely closure of tickets that have been escalated to the firewall team.
  • Occasionally after-action reports (AARs), incident analysis reports (IARs), or knowledge base (KB) documents will need to be created.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • 5-10 years of enterprise firewall administrative experience.
  • Ability and desire to work in an enterprise level, collaborative environment.
  • Possess superior technical aptitude and effective written and verbal communications skills.
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills required.
  • Must have strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, appropriate judgment, and decision-making skills.
  • Experience with major cloud providers (AWS preferred).
  • Required Administrative Familiarity :
  • Palo Alto Firewalls
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field preferred.
  • PCCET, PCNSA, PCNSE, CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent experience
  • Familiar with tools including : ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, GitHub
  • Experience with ITIL, DevSecOps and Agile concepts
  • Experience supporting Government contracts
  • Familiarity with Panorama AlgoSec
  • Familiarity use of system(s) preferred :
  • Splunk
  • Service Now
  • AppInternals
  • Stealthwatch
  • Infoblox
  • NetCollector
  • New Relic
  • Solarwinds
  • Clearance Requirements :

  • U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust and complete DHS security clearance
  • Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability
  • Current DHS EOD highly preferred
  • Physical Requirements :

  • Office work, typically sedentary with some movement around the office.
  • The projected compensation range for this position is $81,700.00-$137,100.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary / hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, ManTech invests in it's employees beyond just compensation. ManTech's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

    ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

    If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with ManTech through its online applicant system, please email us at careers@mantech.com and provide your name and contact information.

    Salary : $81,700 - $137,100

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