Sr. Firewall Engineer

Title: Sr. Firewall Engineer - Onsite Location: Navy base in San Diego, CA. Client: CACI Clearance: Top Secret Must have Palo Alto Firewall experience Senior Firewall Engineer responsible for performing support for data networks, with an emphasis on administration, provisioning, and support of firewall rules and infrastructure on Palo Alto firewalls. The Senior Firewall Engineer will provide technical knowledge on tasks or technology assignments and lead communication and collaboration with the technical leadership team. Responsibilities: Administers production firewall support requests for project and operational needs Provides troubleshooting support to application/development teams for the firewalls in our environment Leads efforts to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve network incidents Responsible for operations of data communication systems, including LANs and/or WANs Performs activities related to Network Performance, Lifecycle, Reliability and Problem Management Supports/troubleshoots network problems Researches and evaluates emerging network and communication technology The successful candidate will possess: Working knowledge of the planning, design, and troubleshooting of network systems. Direct firewall experience including at least 5 years of recent Palo Alto Firewall experience Working experience with Cisco networks, ASA firewall configuration, Splunk Working knowledge of ITIL framework required Working knowledge of industry trends and products Working knowledge of SSL certs. Solid understanding of application layer packet header Solid understanding of DNS structure and architecture A Bachelor's Degree and three to ten (3-10) years of experience in related infrastructure, operating systems, system administration work is required. Six (6) years of additional related work experience or an Associate's Degree and four (4) years of additional related work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree. The selected applicant must have DoD 8570/5239 IAT Level II Certification (Security CE) and the ability to work independently and as part of a team in RDT&E environments.