Firewall Engineer

RMantra Solutions; Alexandria, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RMantra Solutions is seeking a senior cybersecurity engineer for an all-on-site role in Arlington, VA. You will identify and remediate firewall, load balancer, and network security gaps while supporting Tier 3 operations and ongoing COOP readiness.

Primary responsibilities include conducting firewall assessments, maintaining devices at vendor-supported levels, and advising on architecture using Palo Alto technologies. A TS/SCI clearance and CI/Poly eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years hands-on Cisco/Palo Alto Firewall experience in engineering and O&M roles.
• Experience in high-op-temp, TS environment and active DOD Top Secret clearance is required.
• Candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain TS/SCI and CI/Poly.
• Strong knowledge of Panorama installation, HA, templates, policies, and routing.

Responsibilities

• Identify and remediate misconfigurations, conflicting rules, security gaps, firewall and load balancer issues.
• Provide Tier 3 support to operations network administrators.
• Maintain HW and SW components at vendor-supported levels.
• Support Continuity of Operations (COOP).
• Conduct monthly firewall assessments and generate improvement reports.
• Create network device performance and traffic utilization reports.

Skills

Palo Alto Firewall

Cisco Firewall

Security clearance

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

Palo Alto VM in AWS

IPSec VPN

PAN-HA

Job description

This position is 100% Onsite. This position is in Arlington, VA, with occasional/situational travel.

Certificate

Location:

Schedule

100% onsite

Clearance

US Citizens withDOD Top Secret/SCI

• Identify and remediate misconfigurations, conflicting rules, security gaps, firewall and load balancer security issues, optimize rule-sets, and enhance the overall security posture and performance of Firewalls and Load Balancers
• Provide Tier 3 support to members of the operations network administrations.
• Maintain all HW and SW components at vendor supported levels.
• Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
• Conduct a minimum of two (2) assessment of firewall each month on CESO and customer devices and generate assessment reports and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Support the creation of network device performance and traffic utilization monthly reports.
• Develop and/or participate in After Action Reports (AARs)
• Provide expert advice and direction regarding the management and operation of all Palo Alto devices in the DISA CESO enterprise architecture.
• Interact with the customer point of contact to set objectives/goals based on Palo Alto Networks technologies and available technology roadmap for architecture and design discussions.
• Evaluate current technologies and processes associated with DISA CESO to identify gaps.
• Provide requirements and strategies for future cybersecurity operations.
• Active participant in meetings with DISA CESO and mission partner working groups.
• Adhere to applicable DOD STIGs, DISA applicable orders, and JSIG policy, guidelines, and regulations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of directly relevant experience. Add’l experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of hands-on Cisco / Palo Alto Firewall experience in both engineering and Operations and maintenance roles.
• Strong knowledge of Palo Alto concepts and best practices:
  • Panorama Installation
  • Panorama HA Config
  • Panorama Template and Template Stacks
  • Panorama Policy creation and push to group of Firewalls and Verify Push
  • Palo Alto Route configuration
  • Palo Alto IPSec Site to Site VPN Config and Troubleshooting
  • Palo Alto VM in AWS
  • Palo Alto IPS Configuration
  • Palo Alto Virtual Router / Systems
  • Palo Alto Firewall HA
• Experience working in a high op-temp, Top Secret environment.
• Candidate must possess an active DOD Top Secret level security clearance, and be eligible to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI
• Candidate must be willing to take and maintain a CI/Poly

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners

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