Description Of Work
Peraton is seeking a Palo Alto Engineer. This position is located in Woodlawn, MD.
- Provide technical analysis in network security planning, engineering, and design.
- Service as the enterprise expert in cross-functional discipline of enterprise network and cyber security infrastructure.
- Provide analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network security problems.
- Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and cyber security hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention devices.
- Coordinate third-party maintenance for network and cyber security equipment. Troubleshoot problems with department users and department network administrators.
- Validate enterprise-level network security design, newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies.
- Provide specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
- Provide daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issue and develop risk mitigation solutions.
- Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and Peraton management.
- Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support.
- Design, test, and implement state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products, including design of high-level dashboards, using data feeds from different network tools
Basic Qualifications
Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.
- Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant cyber security experience, or Master's Degree and 7 years of relevant cyber security experience, or PhD with 4 years of relevant cyber security experience, or 13 years of relevant cyber security experience in lieu of degree.
- Possess once active (expert-level) firewall certification: Palo Alto (PCNSE)
- Experience performing security functions on network devices, appliances, and security tools
- Experience in demonstrates the skill and ability to translate security mandates and guidelines such as NIST
- 800-series into operational functions.
- 6 years of experience with whitelisting and blacklisting using network security tools and devices.
Preferred Qualifications
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
- Experience with scalable firewall platform with either Checkpoint or Palo Alto products.
- Experience with virtual firewalls.
- Experience with Skybox tool. Possess knowledge of Tenable/Nessus, Sourcefire, Stealthwatch, and DbProtect.
- Prior experience supporting the Social Security Administration or similar government agencies.
- Knowledge of business processes supporting IT programs, networks, and/or cybersecurity programs.
- Knowledge of technologies, networking principles, data flows, workflows, and IT reporting.
- Knowledge of network security tools.
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