Overview

 Join Our Stellar Team at Castalia Systems!

Are you ready to skyrocket your career with us? We're on the lookout for ambitious individuals who are eager to make their mark in a diverse and thriving environment.

At Castalia Systems, we're not just another company – we're a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) committed to excellence since 2011. Join us in delivering top-tier solutions to the dynamic Defense and Intelligence sector.

As valued members of our team, we prioritize your well-being. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Responsibilities

Castalia Systems is seeking a Tier III Boundary Protection Engineer in the Chantilly, VA area.

A Tier III Boundary Protection Engineers will support the customer’s various wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). This position will provide boundary protection to an enterprise level infrastructure across multiple classifications and act as subject matter experts in boundary technologies across multiple vendors.

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

• Maintain the security and networking of enterprise boundary enclaves and devices.
• Responsible for installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, and monitoring performance of firewall systems.
• Provide support for Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications.
• Generate, determine impact of, and implement custom proxy policies and/or policy exceptions in response to ongoing technology implementation activities on the program.
• Proxy Subject Matter Expert (SME) for integration of other technologies within the program (function as an SME on ongoing technology projects).
• Support the troubleshooting of web connectivity problems to determine root cause.
• Perform Proxy solution component upgrades, testing and configuration.
• Research and develop evidence collection, protection, and analysis techniques for customer owned and maintained hardware and/or software.
• Provide real-time monitoring and alerting of security incident investigations on perimeter/internal infrastructure.
• Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for all incident management events and outages.
• Collaborate with IT staff on projects and initiatives.
• Provide input for monthly progress and status reporting of Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Work with all corresponding technical support teams as required to resolve network traffic concerns.
• Utilize monitoring tools and log collectors to provide in-depth analysis on traffic anomalies and issues.

Qualifications

Security Clearance Requirement:

Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma and 16 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s Degree and 12 years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree and 10 years of relevant experience.
• 7 years of relevant boundary protection experience delivering fault tolerant data network infrastructure solutions and incident response.
• DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting boundary protection technologies such as Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, and Forcepoint appliances.
• Experience with proxy technologies such as Bluecoat proxies or equivalent applications.
• Working knowledge or Routing and Networking fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of boundary protection best practices.
• Understanding of routing, switching, Internet Protocol (IP) subnet, Network Address Translation (NAT) and security technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to engineer and modify rulesets to allow connectivity for new customer requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and develop schematic diagrams, technical manuals, and documentation such that the supported equipment and software can be maintained with minimal training.
• Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate-level knowledge of MS Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Work rotating schedules and after-hours on-call support.

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.