Network Security Engineer

Numa Management Associates is a management consulting firm providing project Management with expertise in Staff Augmentation and Recruitment Services. We are seeking a qualified Network Security Engineer for our client on a contract assignment in Maryland. This position is Hybrid

Job Summary: The Network Security Engineer will actively participate in planning and coordinating the design, installation, and connectivity of computer and network systems to ensure stable, scalable, redundant, and secure 24x7 network operations.

Responsibilities

• Pro-actively identify organization requirements, and help to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
• Perform project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks.
• Provide assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments.
• Develop comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively manage the implementation process from design to acceptance.
• Assist internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks.
• Lead migrations or assist a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in depth solutions.
• Assist network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
• Work with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions.
• Lead, schedule, provide guidance and coordinate the activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Generate weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
• Host weekly status meetings and calls with team or on as needed basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.

Active Certifications:

• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
• Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field.

Current Certifications:

• Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE) Certification from Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Enterprise Infrastructure or Security Certification.

Skills, Experience, and Capabilities

Five (5) years of experience with:

• Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services.
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks.
• Content Filtering Palo Alto networks.
• Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems.
• Data Loss Prevention
• TLS/SSL Inspection
• Four (4) years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems.
• Three (3) years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks.
• Two (2) years of experience in Network Access Control - Cisco Identity Services Engine
• (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).

General Experience with the Following:

• Implement multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft.
• Cloud based virtual networking and security services.
• Authentication standards - (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications.
• Scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP),
• Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Enterprise Data Center implementing Micro segmentation.
• Certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS
• Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps.
• Centralized Management using Panorama, SolarWinds.
• Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities.

Ability To:

• To work independently, troubleshoot and provide mentoring to junior associates.
• Communicate effectively when providing presentations.
• Produce technical documents (diagrams, design documents, project plans and schedules, and user instructions) as required.