Senior VPN/Firewall Engineer - Onsite Navy Network Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k Plan

Holidays

PTO

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. The role is 100% onsite across multiple US locations including Norfolk, VA and other bases.

You will serve as a network security SME focusing on enterprise firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, and related engineering, operations and troubleshooting. Responsibilities include Tier III support for NMCI, designing and maintaining security appliances, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and creating engineering plans and SOPs.

Qualifications

• :
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8)
• 8–12+ years of relevant network engineering experience; equivalent experience may be considered
• 8)
• Active Secret security clearance
• 8)
• IAT Level III certification (CCNP Security, CISSP, or CASP+)
• 9)
• Certification from Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or F5 Networks
• 9)
• Extensive experience engineering & troubleshooting enterprise networks, including firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, routing, switching, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, STP, multicast, & IP/subnet addressing
• 7)
• Strong understanding of network security, defense-in-depth principles, network architecture, modern network topologies, & network appliance security
• 8)
• Experience with Ansible, Python, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), & network automation
• 7)

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III network engineering & SME support for enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, routing, switching, & network security technologies supporting NMCI
• 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 experience

Active Secret clearance

IAT Level III certification

DoD/ NMCI networking

Python & Ansible

Network security concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

F5

Cisco ASA

Ansible

Python

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. The role is 100% onsite across multiple US locations including Norfolk, VA and other bases.

You will serve as a network security SME focusing on enterprise firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, and related engineering, operations and troubleshooting. Responsibilities include Tier III support for NMCI, designing and maintaining security appliances, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and creating engineering plans and SOPs.