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Senior-Level InfoSec Firewall Engineer

Washington, DC, us💼 Full-time🗓 2017-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior firewall engineer providing on-site 24/7 technical support, monitoring, and administration of high-availability security infrastructure for a Federal Agency.

Role type

Senior IC InfoSec Firewall Engineer

Builds

Production firewall architectures, security policies, and incident response capabilities for federal IT assets

Domain

Federal Government / Cybersecurity / Network Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Firewall configuration and administration, Security systems analysis, Network operations, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Web Application Firewall (WAF) management, Malware detection, Security policy implementation, Virtual environment management, Data encryption methods

Preferred skills

CISSP, GIAC, EnCE, CCE, CEH certifications, Secret security clearance

Technologies

Checkpoint Firewalls, Barracuda WAF, FireMon Security Manager, Microsoft Office, Visio, Adobe Acrobat

Responsibilities

Monitor security systems including IDS and firewalls, Configure and administer carrier-class firewalls and WAFs, Analyze correlated events and provide resolution recommendations, Review and revise security procedures and policies, Manage and tune software blades (IPS, URL, Application Control, AV), Perform updates, upgrades, and policy validation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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