Firewall Team Lead

Firewall Team Lead

Location:

40% Remote / Washington DC (Pentagon)

Contract Layout: estimated "6 Month Contract to Permanent Hire"

Schedule:

8:00am - 4:00pm (Monday - Friday)

• Top Secret / SCI (Eligibility)
• Security+CE
• ANY Cisco, Juniper, or Palo Alto Certification
• 12+ Years of Overall Work Experience
• 3+ Years of Firewall Experience
• ANY Leadership/Seniority/Supervisory/Management Level of Experience

• Design, Implement, & Manage Firewall Solutions (i.e. Cisco ASA/Firepower, Juniper SRX and Palo Alto)
• Monitor firewall performance and security logs to identify and mitigate potential threats.
• Develop and enforce network security policies and procedures.
• Perform system audits to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Collaborate with other IT, Security and Network teams to integrate firewall solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network and firewall related issues promptly and document within ticket systems.
• Maintain and update firewall configurations (security polices/firewall ACLs as approved by Change Management)

Serve as a People Leader for personnel supporting the Firewall Task Area:

• Serve as the focal point for all firewall tasks, operations, projects, and assessments
• Ensure all tasks are delivered according to timelines
• Provide written reports and oral briefings to the Government Task Lead and PMO Team
• Conduct annual performance assessments to include periodic check ins.
• Validate/approve time charging for both Leidos and vendor personnel.
• Provide coaching/mentoring to personnel.
• Develop and Execute Continual Service Improvement technical strategies to modify and enhance operational processes and impact strategic project/program goals and business results.