Senior Network Security Engineer
*This is a hybrid position.
*Local to the Richmond, VA area only, please
Description:
- Our client is seeking an experienced Sr Network Security Engineer (Sr NSE) to implement and support the agency’s IT network cloud and computing infrastructure.
- The Sr NSE performs day-to-day activities related to securing the client’s infrastructure.
- The Sr NSE performs day-to-day activities related to securing documenting performing research analysis design and implementation of the client’s network and computing related infrastructure.
- The Sr NSE will support a hybrid enterprise environment consisting of approximately 300 statewide locations Palo Alto firewalls, Azure networking, ExpressRoute connectivity, WAF technologies, Splunk SIEM, SD-WAN, and mission-critical public-facing applications.
- The role partners closely with Infrastructure Cloud Engineering and the Information Security Office to maintain the confidentiality integrity and availability of client’s network infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures network security architecture aligns with operational security standards prior to and after deployment.
- Lead investigation and containment of network security incidents.
- Review firewall rule requests and ensure compliance with security standards.
- Design and maintain secure hybrid network architecture across on-premises and Azure environments.
- Monitor security events using SIEM technologies and coordinate incident response activities.
- Perform network security assessments and recommend remediation strategies.
- Develop and maintain network security standards diagrams and operational documentation.
- Support penetration testing and remediation efforts.
- Participate in on-call support during critical security incidents.
- Responsible for conducting proactive threat hunting and anomaly detection.
- Validates WAF and firewall placement and integration exposure/connectivity. Also leads implementation review and management of agency WAFs.
- Identifies and diagnoses system problems and threats by using system logs line monitors SIEM diagnostic software and test equipment.
- Identifies prioritizes and remediates network security vulnerabilities.
- Must have the ability to provide documentation network architecture topology diagrams IP schemes firewall rules and access controls when required.
- Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects.
Skills:
- Enterprise Networking, Required 8 Years
- Enterprise Security, Required 5 Years
- Azure Networking, Required 3 Years
- WAF/NGFW, Required 3 Years
- Supporting environments with 300+ Network Devices, Desired 3 Years
- Candidate must have experience in the following areas: Incident response, Security investigations, Log analysis, Threat intelligence, Security monitor, Required
- Candidate must have experience with the SIEM products (e.g. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), Required
- Candidate must have experience in vulnerability management and remediation tracking as well as vulnerability scanning tools (e.g. Nessus, Tenable, Def, Required
- Candidate must have experience in the following areas: Active Directory, MFA, Conditional Access, Certificates, Required
- Candidate must have experience with; SEC530, CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust principles, Required
- Candidate must have experience with the following: Cisco ISE, NAC, 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS, Required
- Candidate must have experience with the following products: Palo Alto, F5 Distributed Cloud, Azure WAF, Cisco VPN, Global Protect, F5 BIG-IP, Required
- Candidate must have experience working in highly regulated environments and leading technical troubleshooting during outages, Required
- Candidate must have ability to communicate technical issues to technical and executive audiences and an ability to mentor junior engineers., Required
- Candidate should have achieved or ability to achieve the following certifications: Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500), Azure Network Engineer (AZ-700),, Required
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