Cyber Boundary Defense Lead: DoD Zero-Trust Firewall Expert

GCyber; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Leave

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Job summary

GCyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Boundary Defense Technical Lead to oversee engineers responsible for next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, and DoD internet access points. You will combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering to maintain effective boundary protection and reliable network access.

You will lead a team handling firewall, proxy, WAF, and segmentation engineering, balancing on-call duties with proactive boundary improvements and incident response.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of network security experience, including 4+ in DoD.
• Bachelor's degree (4 additional years of experience may substitute).
• PCNSE and CISSP.
• Active Secret clearance; complete Palo Alto and Panorama tool training before system access.

Responsibilities

• Lead boundary defense across 12 Palo Alto firewalls, 4 Panorama managers, and F5 and AWS web application firewalls.
• Dedicate approximately half of your time to hands-on architecture, complex changes, and incident response.
• Manage boundary change control, quarterly rule reviews, and ports, protocols, and services documentation.
• Design segmentation and boundary controls that advance zero trust.
• Work with DISA on internet access point and proxy changes.
• Support incident responders with approved boundary blocks and relevant evidence.
• Lead a team responsible for firewall, proxy, WAF, and segmentation engineering, and share the on-call rotation.

Skills

DoD network security

Palo Alto NGFW

Zero trust design

Incident response coordination

Boundary defense planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

F5 Advanced WAF

AWS WAF

Job description

GCyber is seeking a Cybersecurity Boundary Defense Technical Lead to oversee engineers responsible for next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, and DoD internet access points. You will combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering to maintain effective boundary protection and reliable network access.

You will lead a team handling firewall, proxy, WAF, and segmentation engineering, balancing on-call duties with proactive boundary improvements and incident response.