Onsite VPN & Firewall Engineer — Network Security SME

Piper Companies; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. This 100% onsite role is based in Norfolk, VA with additional sites in Pearl Harbor, HI; San Diego, CA; Washington Navy Yard, DC; or Pensacola, FL.

As a network security SME, you will design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and related security architectures. You will collaborate with multiple teams to drive upgrades, SOPs, and automation efforts while maintaining strong security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8–12+ years of relevant network engineering experience; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• IAT Level III certification (CCNP Security, CISSP, or CASP+).
• Certification from Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or F5 Networks.
• Extensive experience engineering & troubleshooting enterprise networks, including firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, routing, switching, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, STP, multicast, & IP/subnet addressing.
• Strong understanding of network security, defense-in-depth principles, network architecture, modern network topologies, & network appliance security.
• Experience with Ansible, Python, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), & network automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III network engineering & SME support for enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, routing, switching, & network security technologies supporting the NMCI environment.
• Design, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, & implement enterprise network security appliances, including firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, & Cisco/Juniper network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Network Operations, Network Engineering, NOC, Release Management, & project teams to execute network upgrades, maintenance, integrations, performance tuning, & service improvements.
• Develop & maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIPs), network SOPs/TTPs, automation solutions, & technical documentation while identifying opportunities for network automation & best-practice improvements.
• Support Incident & Problem Management, including Tier III escalations, vendor engagement, root cause analysis, & participation in an on-call rotation to support mission-critical operations

Skills

Network engineering

Firewall

VPN

DMZ

Security engineering

DoD environment familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/CS/IT or related field

Tools

Cisco devices

Juniper devices

Palo Alto firewalls

F5 BIG-IP

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. This 100% onsite role is based in Norfolk, VA with additional sites in Pearl Harbor, HI; San Diego, CA; Washington Navy Yard, DC; or Pensacola, FL.

As a network security SME, you will design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and related security architectures. You will collaborate with multiple teams to drive upgrades, SOPs, and automation efforts while maintaining strong security