Network Security Engineer - 100% Remote South East - US Only

Blue Mantis; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Mantis is seeking a Network Security Engineer to support the design and deployment of Network Transformation and Network Operations. The role involves assessing technologies to meet customer security policies and working with the Senior Network Engineer to implement solutions.

Responsibilities include daily network and firewall operations, troubleshooting, and documenting remediation efforts. Candidates should have 5+ years in networking security, CCNA or higher, and be able to work on call

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in deployment, configuration and design of networking security.
• CCNA or equivalent knowledge required.
• Experience in customer-facing roles is required.
• Ability to work on call rotation as needed.
• Proficient in cloud and data center networking technologies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily network, firewall and operational support.
• Troubleshoot network issues and implement changes to ensure stability.
• Provide technical analysis and documentation during incidents.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and certifications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evolve system roadmaps.

Skills

5+ years networking experience

Routing & Switching

Security best practices

Customer-facing delivery

On-call rotation

Analytical thinking

Education

B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent training

Tools

Fortinet NSE 6

Fortinet NSE 7

Cisco Firepower Services

Palo Alto,

Azure

AWS

Aruba ClearPass

Cisco ISE

Job description

Description

We are seeking a Network Security Engineer to provide technical support in design and deployment of Network Transformation and Network Operations. In this role, you will assess and deploy the relevant technology solutions according to customers’ business, security policy and application requirements and work directly with the Senior Network Engineer.

Department: Blue Mantis

Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in daily network, firewall, and operational support.
• Ability to troubleshoot network issues and failures and follow best practices and troubleshooting methodology to quickly assess current situations, find solutions, and implement changes to correct and/or update network topologies to ensure stability and functionality.
• Provide technical analysis of operational issues and remediations during troubleshooting efforts to ensure documentations and procedures are followed and updated during active events. This includes the ability to report to management.
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies and products, including attaining certifications and participation in industry events as appropriate.
• Work with various stake holders to lead problem solving, evolve system roadmap and take critical decisions.
• Provide clear communication with regular updates/reports to the management team.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in deployment and configuration and architectural design of networking technologies specific to routing, switching and general network security best practices, in which 3 years must be in customer-facing positions.
• Minimum of CCNA or comparable level of knowledge.
• Ability to work on call rotation as needed.
• B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training.
• Fortinet NSE 6 and NSE 7
• Knowledge of Azure and AWS
• Experience with Aruba ClearPass, Aruba switches and wireless
• Experience with Cisco Firepower Services and Palo Alto security services.
• Understanding of encryption and SSL/TLS technologies and best practices.
• Experience working for or with local government, service providers, and/or enterprises customers.
• Experience in large Data Center or Enterprise/campus designs, architecture, deployment and configuration with physical and virtual appliances. Familiarity with applications driving modern infrastructure design in private and public cloud.
• Experience in networking technologies such as STP, Nexus vPC, IPSEC / SSLVPN, Routing: VRF, MPLS, OSPF, BGP and Multi-Homed environments.
• Datacenter Network services including Security, Load Balancing, DNS, etc. at the virtual and physical level.
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, HP, Aruba and CATO products (Firewall, Routing / switching, SASE, wireless and security)
• Wireless networking technologies including access-control platforms such as Cisco ISE or Aruba Clear Pass Policy Manager
• IPS/IDS, as well as other NGFW (Next Gen Firewall) features and capabilities.
• Ability to write incident and problem record documentation to support daily efforts.
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making skills & highly organized.
• Strong ability to influence others and build consensus via excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. This job description is intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by employees in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Agencies/3 Parties may not solicit to any employee of Blue Mantis. Any candidate information received from any Agency/3 Party will be considered a gift and property of Blue Mantis, unless the Agency/3 Party is an Authorized Vendor of Blue Mantis with an up-to-date Blue Mantis Contract in hand signed by Blue Mantis Talent Acquisition. No payment will be made to any Agency/3 Party who is not an Authorized Vendor, nor has specific approval in writing from Blue Mantis Talent Acquisition to engage in recruitment efforts for Blue Mantis. At this time, we have no interest in onboarding any new staffing partners.