Firewall Engineer (Palo Alto)

This position is for a Firewall Engineer with a concentration on Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls. The right candidate will be a self-starter who can serve in a technical lead role, provide technical project management/oversight, and provide hands-on support at an SME level within areas of focus.

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• Advance hands on experience and knowledge of Firewall technologies
• Experienced with BGP routing protocol
• Advance hands on experience and knowledge with System design, administration, and security
• Strong team player, able to communicate and show leadership amongst teams of similarly knowledgeable specialists and engineers
• Experience supporting technical teams in a lead role
• Experience working with Incident, Problem, and Change Management

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity and/or prior experience working with Cloud environment(s) (e.g. Azure, AWS, or OCI)
• Active certification as a professional in Palo Alto and/or Checkpoint
• Active certification as a network professional (CCNP, CISSP, etc.)

Additional Information

Hours:

• Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location:

• 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180
• 141 Security Drive Winchester, VA 22602
• 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526
• Serve as an experienced engineer working with application teams to properly shape firewall rules.
• Act as a liaison between the firewall team and Information Security.
• System network requirements gathering
• Engineer/Implementation of Checkpoint Nextgen firewall policies
• Engineer/Implementation of Palo Alto Nextgen firewalls policies
• Migrating legacy firewall policies to layer 7 policies
• Supporting and implementing holistic security stacks relative to Nextgen Firewalls (e.g. IPS, IDS, Layer 7 rules, etc.)
• Manage and implement Firewall code updates
• In depth troubleshooting and supporting of firewall fleet exceeding 100 nodes
• Evaluate technical solutions in response to business challenges
• Present technical solutions as needed for knowledge sharing and acceptance
• Provide project support and status reporting
• Establish and maintain system documentation
• Represent changes via CAB meetings
• Collaborate with partnering teams in support of solution development and deployment
• Serve as an experienced engineer working with application teams to properly shape firewall rules.
• Act as a liaison between the firewall team and Information Security.
• System network requirements gathering
• Engineer/Implementation of Checkpoint Nextgen firewall policies
• Engineer/Implementation of Palo Alto Nextgen firewalls policies
• Migrating legacy firewall policies to layer 7 policies
• Supporting and implementing holistic security stacks relative to Nextgen Firewalls (e.g. IPS, IDS, Layer 7 rules, etc.)
• Manage and implement Firewall code updates
• In depth troubleshooting and supporting of firewall fleet exceeding 100 nodes
• Evaluate technical solutions in response to business challenges
• Present technical solutions as needed for knowledge sharing and acceptance
• Provide project support and status reporting
• Establish and maintain system documentation
• Represent changes via CAB meetings
• Collaborate with partnering teams in support of solution development and deployment