Mantech

MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Firewall Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Architect in South Burlington, VT; Camp Springs, MD; or in a location to be determined upon offer acceptance.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Primary role is to perform as Level 4 firewall and network engineering escalation point for network security to effectively support security processes and procedures.
• Continually improve on the network stability working with the performance team to establish network performance metrics for alerting and remediation automations.
• Work with other firewall and network engineer colleagues to configure and implement Next Generation Firewall and Intrusion Protection Systems.
• Review existing configuration settings to identify potential security vulnerabilities and propose/implement setting or architectural changes to address these vulnerabilities.
• Perform securing, hardening, and rule creation for new firewalls, switches, routers, and other network equipment. This includes reviewing and re-evaluating existing configuration settings and rules to verify USCIS’ security posture and eliminate unnecessary risk.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience as an enterprise firewall engineer across large and complex network and Microsoft AD environments
• Certifications: PCNSE
• Extensive security background with Palo Alto firewall systems
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in cloud technologies such as but not limited to Azure and AWS.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise solutions that increase the availability and security of the enterprise.
• Experience with on premise physical infrastructure and virtualization technologies including Hyper-V, VMWare, SAN, NFS, SMB3 etc
• Deep experience with networking and security methods and tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with tools including: ServiceNow, GitHub, Jira, Confluence
• Experience with ITIL, DevSecOps and Agile concepts
• Experience supporting Government contracts

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance prior to starting this position
• Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability prior to starting this position
• Current DHS EOD highly preferred
   

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.