Firewall Engineer
Arlington, VA

Job Description

Datrose is seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer (Must have active Secret Clearance) for an excellent temporary assignment (W2 Only) opportunity in Arlington, VA!

This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual. If interested in exploring this great opportunity, please apply directly at www.datrose.com/careers.

Job Description
Statement of Work:
This position is for a Firewall Engineer to provide support for contract with USAID. Location is Arlington, VA. The resource must be onsite.

Task Description:

Responsibilities include installing, operating, and maintaining portions of the security infrastructure including firewalls and security applications within an enterprise environment supporting Federal Infrastructure Managed Services team.
The position is responsible for completing day-to-day management and operations of assigned security solutions and platforms to help detect security vulnerabilities and events which pose risk to the enterprise; performing platform lifecycle management activities (patching, upgrades, policy configuration, etc) for assigned platforms and/or tools; continuously assessing existing processes and procedures for improvement opportunities.

Required skills/Level of Experience:

A minimum of 4-6 years of combined IT and security work experience with a broad exposure to infrastructure/network and multi-platform environments. R
equires knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms with specific focus on Palo Alto and Juniper.
Understanding of information security frameworks, incident management/response, security operations, and application security best practices.

Nice to have skills:

4 -6 years of experience in security engineering related to vulnerability management, intrusion prevention, data protection, monitoring, analytical and correlation tools.
Minimum 2 - 3 years of experience with Palo Alto, Juniper Netscreen, Riverbed knowledge/experience is preferred.
Can demonstrate a mature understanding of networking best practices.
2 years of experience working the Linux and Windows operating systems.
Knowledge of industry security tool suites and capabilities.
BS of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, cyber-security or equivalent.
Create and maintain network documentation as it relates to the standardized network topology, equipment, operational support and configuration.
Secret clearance eligibility.
Trained or certified in Palo Alto installation, configuration and maintenance.
CISSP certified (must be capable of obtaining a CISSP certification within 6 months) or CISM certified.

OTHER SKILL/REQUIREMENT:

CISM / CISSP
Microsoft Office
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

CRISC / CISA / CEH

Must have an active Secret clearance.PLEASE NOTE:

Datrose is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.