Senior VPN & Firewall Engineer - Onsite Security Expert

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.

You will serve as the network security go-to for enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and related engineering tasks. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s in a related field, 8–12+ years of experience, active Secret clearance, and IAT Level III certification.

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
• 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

Security engineering

VPN/DMZ

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

F5 Networks

Cisco ASA

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.

You will serve as the network security go-to for enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and related engineering tasks. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s in a related field, 8–12+ years of experience, active Secret clearance, and IAT Level III certification.