Senior Network Security Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Senior Network Security Engineer

Location(s): Mechanicsville, VA


Complete Description:
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Network Security Engineer (Sr. NSE) to implement and support the organization's IT network, cloud, and computing infrastructure. The Sr. NSE performs day-to-day activities related to securing the organization's infrastructure, including documentation, research, analysis, design, and implementation of network and computing infrastructure.

The Sr. NSE will support a hybrid enterprise environment consisting of approximately 300 statewide locations, Palo Alto firewalls, Azure networking, ExpressRoute connectivity, WAF technologies, Splunk SIEM, SD-WAN, and mission-critical public-facing applications. The role partners closely with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and the Information Security Office to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's network infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure network security architecture aligns with operational security standards before and after deployment.
• Lead investigation and containment of network security incidents.
• Review firewall rule requests and ensure compliance with security standards.
• Design and maintain secure hybrid network architecture across on-premises and Azure environments.
• Monitor security events using SIEM technologies and coordinate incident response activities.
• Perform network security assessments and recommend remediation strategies.
• Develop and maintain network security standards, diagrams, and operational documentation.
• Support penetration testing and remediation efforts.
• Participate in on-call support during critical security incidents.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and anomaly detection.
• Validate WAF and firewall placement, integration, exposure, and connectivity. Lead the implementation, review, and management of enterprise WAF solutions.
• Identify and diagnose system problems and security threats using system logs, line monitors, SIEM platforms, diagnostic software, and test equipment.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate network security vulnerabilities.
• Provide documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP addressing schemes, firewall rules, and access control documentation as required.
• Work independently on assigned projects.

Skills:

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.