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DK Consulting, LLC

Firewall Engineer

DK Consulting, LLC, Crownsville, Maryland, United States, 21032


Position:

Firewall Engineer

Client:

Department of Information Technology (DOIT) Office of Security Management

Location:

100 Community Pl, Crownsville, MD 21032 (100% on site)

Interview mode:

In person

DK Consulting Overview:

Founded in May 2003, DK Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned small business, was formed to provide management and technology solutions based on industry best practices. DK Consulting, LLC works with multiple State, Federal, and Commercial customers, and our services range from providing customers with that one critical resource to assuming responsibility for an entire IT project.

We offer excellent benefits and provide exceptional employee management.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Gap assessment and analysis of security solutions and recommendation of improvement initiatives

Implementation of scalable, redundant, and reliable firewall solutions

Security hardening firewall configurations

Configuration management and control of architectural/design/functional configuration changes to firewalls

Firewall brake-fix troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and support

Firewall patch/upgrade monitoring, reviews, maintenance scheduling and deployment

Management of firewall operational and security audits logs

Definition, development, and configuration of firewall security and operational alerts, dashboards, and reporting

Monitoring firewall operational and security alerts and dashboards

Defining, implementing, and monitoring process/procedures for maintaining the lifecycle firewall policies and rules

Configuration, maintenance, and support of additional firewall services such as URL filtering, Malware Sandboxing Analysis, Threat Intelligence Feeds, Threat Prevention, User ID etc.

Provide firewall log correlation support for emerging and retroactive security incident investigations

Support the integration with other security tools such IDS/IPS, SIEM, NACs, VPN etc.

Define requirements and develop roles-based Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) documents

Minimum Qualifications:

Six years of hands-on experience in Network Engineering/Architecture

Five years of technical experience in architecture, design, implementation, support of firewall technologies

Current Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) certification or hands-on experience implementing Palo Alto Advanced/NextGen features to include App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, URL Filtering, Threat Prevention, WildFire, Virtual Wire, Virtual System (VSys), Global Protect, NAT Policies, Security Profiles, Inbound SSL Decryption, Outbound SSL Decryption (SSL Forward Proxy), File Blocking, and Data Filtering

Hand-on experience with Palo Alto Panorama for centralized management of PANOS firewalls

Self-starter, able to gather requirements, plan, execute firewall architecting and deployment efforts

Able to perform gap analysis and initiate and execute architectural improvements

Experience with network security architecture, design, and implementation best-practices i.e., Defense-in-depth architecture, knowledge of emerging Zero Trust architecture

Experience with firewall architecture, design, and implementation

Experience with operational and security hardening configuration for firewall solutions

Experience with configuration management and change control for firewall solutions

Experience with networking and switching protocols and infrastructure services, able to troubleshoot and identify DNS, DHCP, Wi-Fi protocols, NTP, SNMP, routing, switching, and firewall issues affecting connectivity of applications and services

Knowledge and understanding of network infrastructure components such as Routers, Switches, IDS, IPS, NAC, VPN Gateways, Wireless APs etc.

Desired Skills/Certifications:

Hands-on experience with Juniper firewalls

CISSP, CompTIA Security +, CCNA/CCNP Security, Juniper JNCIP-SEC or relevant industry security certifications

Cisco CCNA or CompTIA Network + or relevant networking industry certifications

Experience in project task technical analysis, planning, and estimation

Experience with technology capabilities market research, technical analysis/review, and recommendation

Educational Requirement:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.

Min. Citizenship Status Required:

U.S Citizenship

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