Senior Network Security Engineer — Firewall/IPS (Top Secret)

ITC Federal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

11 Paid Federal Holidays

PTO

Education reimbursement

Job summary

ITC Federal, LLC, is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer (Firewall/IPS) with an active Top Secret clearance to support DOJ NSD in Washington, DC. This role focuses on designing and maintaining secure network architectures and security tooling.

You will work on monitoring, deploying, and upgrading Cisco ISE, Firepower, and related technologies, while contributing to documentation and security strategy in a high-security government environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years IT experience required.
• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, and implements the organization’s information security.
• Analyzes requirements and potential solutions for technical and economic feasibility.
• Design optimized firewall and IPS rule structure and ensures standards are maintained.
• Monitors and maintains health of all firewalls/IPS and recommends improvements.
• Develops and maintains documentation of firewall/IPS procedures.
• Develops and maintains complex schematics relating to network security.
• Researches, evaluates, recommends, designs, tests, and implements new network security technologies.
• Displays expert knowledge of current security tools and practices.
• Under general guidance, provides support to network engineers.

Skills

Firewall design

IPS management

Network security

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Cisco Firepower

ASA to FTD migration

802.1X deployment

DMVPN design/deployment

Juniper ADVPN

Job description

ITC Federal, LLC, is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer (Firewall/IPS) with an active Top Secret clearance to support DOJ NSD in Washington, DC. This role focuses on designing and maintaining secure network architectures and security tooling.

You will work on monitoring, deploying, and upgrading Cisco ISE, Firepower, and related technologies, while contributing to documentation and security strategy in a high-security government environment.