Network Security Engineer

Title:

Network Security Engineer
Client:
Administrative Office of the Courts

Location:

187 Harry S. Truman Parkway Annapolis, Md 21401

Note:

Hybrid role (3days onsite and 2 days remote)

Job Description:

OFFEROR RESOURCE QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree.
• Active certifications as follows:
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) Certification or Palo Alto Networks Network Security Professional Certification.
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Enterprise or (CCNA) Security Certification.

The AOC prefers Offeror proposed resource(s) to have the following qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
• Associate s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field, as determined by the AOC.
• Certifications that are currently active or expired within three (3) years of proposal submission as follows:
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification or
• Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall Engineer Certification or Palo Alto Networks Network Security Analyst Certification.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.

• Offeror proposed resource(s) shall be responsible for the following:
• Pro-actively identifying organization requirements, and helping to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
• Performing project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks.
• Providing assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
• Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance.
• Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks.
• Leading migrations or assisting a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in depth solutions.
• Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
• Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
• Leading, scheduling, providing guidance and coordinating the activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
• Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with team or on as needed basis

Five (5) years of experience with:

• Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services.
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks.
• Content Filtering Palo Alto networks.
• Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems.
• Data Loss Prevention
• TLS/SSL Inspection
• Four (4) years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems.
• Three (3) years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks.
• Two (2) years of experience in Network Access Control – Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).

• Implementing multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft.
• Cloud based virtual networking and security services Authentication standards – (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications.
• Scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Enterprise Data Center implementing Micro segmentation.
• Certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps.
• Centralized Management using Panorama, Solar Winds, Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities

• To work independently, troubleshoot and provide mentoring to junior associates.
• Communicate effectively when providing presentations.
• Produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans and schedules, and user instructions) as required