Cloud Network Automation Engineer
Location: Linthicum Heights, MD (full-time on-site)
Clearance Requirement: Active TS clearance/SCI eligible
Education/Experience Requirement: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or PhD with 3+ years of experience. A degree in one of the following fields is highly desired: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering. In lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of relevant experience or specialized training may be considered.
Certification Requirement (MUST ATTACH A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION TO THE BEELINE SUBMISSION): Active CompTIA Security+ certification.
Summary:
Seeking a Cloud Network Automation Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.
What you will do:
-Provision, manage, and support Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama servers across several internet-connected and internet-disconnected networks and Cloud Service Providers.
-Develop, utilize, and maintain Ansible Playbooks to secure, patch, and configure Palo Alto appliances.
-Manage and configure connected services such as network adapters, storage, and firewalls.
-Deploy, configure, and support monitoring capabilities to detect anomalous conditions or service disruptions.
-Investigate service disruptions and provide root cause analysis reports and implement additional steps to prevent subsequent issues.
Required Technical Qualifications:
-Expertise with Configuration as Code (CaC) tooling, Ansible preferred.
-Expertise managing Palo Alto firewalls disconnected environments.
-Expertise with network requirements and configuration of regulated environments, preferably within Department of War agencies.
-Must have strong oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Technical Qualifications:
-Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling, Terraform preferred.
-Experience managing secure computing environments to adhere with DISA STIGs and NIST 800-53 controls.
-Experience monitoring system uptime and performance with tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and SolarWinds.
-Experience providing detailed technical after-action reports with root cause analysis after outage or security incidents.
-Familiarity with host-level networking such as instance firewalls.
-Familiarity with source code management tooling such as GitHub or GitLab.