Firewall Operations Engineer (Hybrid) - Perimeter Security

SkyePoint Decisions, Inc.; Newington (VA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification incentive program

PTO

Floating federal holiday options

Health insurance options

401k matching

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions, Inc. is seeking a Network Engineer to support a Department of State customer, focusing on perimeter security devices, firewall management, and network health across DoS core and related architectures.

The role offers a hybrid schedule (~3 days onsite) and options to work in Beltsville, MD or Springfield, VA, with shift rotations and training periods as described in the posting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years or more experience; relevant advanced degree may offset years.
• Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama experience required for troubleshooting and configuration.
• 3–5 years IT customer support experience (Tier I/II).
• Experience with firewall/DMZ infrastructure including packet filtering techs (Palo Alto, Palo Alto Cloud, FortiGate, Azure Firewall, Cisco ESA, A10, proxies).
• CLI experience preferred.
• US citizenship required and interim Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2 support for perimeter devices including firewalls, proxies, and mail security appliances.
• Monitor FWOPS incidents in Service Now and troubleshoot firewall issues.
• Implement firewall rules, device reboots, software upgrades, and maintain SOPs.

Skills

Palo Alto Firewalls

Network Troubleshooting

TCP/IP Networking

CLI

Firewall/DMZ Infrastructure

Security Clearance

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Palo Alto Panorama

FortiGate

Azure Firewall

Cisco ESA

A10 Load Balancer

NeuralStar

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions, Inc. is seeking a Network Engineer to support a Department of State customer, focusing on perimeter security devices, firewall management, and network health across DoS core and related architectures.

The role offers a hybrid schedule (~3 days onsite) and options to work in Beltsville, MD or Springfield, VA, with shift rotations and training periods as described in the posting.