Boundary Defense Tech Lead — DoD Firewall & WAF

GCyber; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days of Paid Leave + Annual PTO In

Parental Leave

401(k) Matching

Disability Insurance (100% company‑fŭn

Health, Dental & Vision 90% funded

Training and Professional Development

Commuter Benefits Plan

Parking and Transportation Allowance

Job summary

GCyber seeks a Cybersecurity Boundary Defense Technical Lead to guide a team responsible for next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, and DoD internet access points. You will blend technical leadership with hands-on engineering to maintain strong boundary protection and reliable network access.

You will lead engineers across Palo Alto NGFWs, Panorama, F5 WAF and AWS WAF, while dedicating about half your time to architecture, incident response, and controlled changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 4 years of experience can substitute.
• PCNSE and CISSP certifications preferred.
• Active DoD security clearance required; Palo Alto and Panorama training before access.

Responsibilities

• Lead boundary defense across multiple firewalls and WAFs.
• Dedicate roughly half of time to hands-on architecture, changes, and incident response.
• Manage boundary change control, quarterly rule reviews, and documentation of ports, protocols, and services.
• Design segmentation and boundary controls advancing zero trust.
• Collaborate with DISA on internet access point and proxy changes.
• Support incident responders with boundary blocks and evidence.

Skills

Palo Alto NGFW

Panorama

App-ID

User-ID

Security policies

High Availability

F5/WAF

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's degree

PCNSE

CISSP

Job description

GCyber seeks a Cybersecurity Boundary Defense Technical Lead to guide a team responsible for next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, and DoD internet access points. You will blend technical leadership with hands-on engineering to maintain strong boundary protection and reliable network access.

You will lead engineers across Palo Alto NGFWs, Panorama, F5 WAF and AWS WAF, while dedicating about half your time to architecture, incident response, and controlled changes.