Sr Security Engineer

Join GDT and be part of a dynamic team where innovation meets excellence! At GDT, our employees are the cornerstone of our success. GDT offers a people-first culture focused on inclusivity, growth, and innovation. Employees have access to career development opportunities, cutting-edge technology, and a collaborative environment. Employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact and are recognized for their contributions. As a global IT services company, we prioritize attracting, empowering, and retaining top-tier talent dedicated to delivering exceptional results. Summary: The Professional Services Security Consulting Engineer will have deep technical expertise with design and troubleshooting and recommending solutions and/or process changes.  The Security Consulting Engineer's role within our organization is someone that acts independently to determine and develop approaches to solutions, has general knowledge of other related disciplines, and interacts frequently with multiple organizations, levels of leadership and external customers. General understanding of PS business metrics and drivers to help shape client solution approach and team development.  Additionally, it provides strong PM input to help shape and guide projects while mentoring junior resources to eventually do the same. Key Responsibilities: While maintaining big picture focus for client, the Security Consulting Engineer will regularly work independently on all aspects of customer engagements to successful completion without supervision. Responsibilities include oversight of the design, development, implementation and analysis of security architectures such as: Cisco NGFW, Palo Alto Strata, Network Access Control (e.g., ISE, ClearPass), Palo Alto Prisma Access, and F5 Networks etc. Act as the primary point of contact for customers and vendors throughout project or program. Typical tasks may include greenfield implementation, migrations, break/fix, upgrades, loading software maintenance releases. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Palo Alto Prisma Access (Preferred) Palo Alto Panorama and/or Strata Cloud Manager (Preferred) Palo Alto NGFW (Preferred) Palo Alto Global Protect (Preferred) Palo Alto Cortex Data Lake (Preferred) Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and Meraki MX (Preferred) EDR/XDR tools (Preferred) ADC/Load Balancer Experience (F5/A10/Kemp) Former professional services and/or consulting experience. Public Clouds (Azure, AWS and GCP) – Just the fundamentals and public cloud routing Cisco Secure Client, Secure Access, Secure Endpoint and Secure Analytics (at least two required) Network Access Control (e.g., ISE, ClearPass) Extensive understanding of complex network design. Excellent communication skills.  Strong engineering and operational experience in large enterprise networks. Exceptional at multi-tasking, time management, and remaining flexible in a highly dynamic environment.  Requires strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to interact with customers while presenting complex technical issues. Needs to have good cross-functional understanding of technical architectures outside targeted domain to account for required integration points. Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, computer science, or related field is preferred Experience: Enterprise Networking, Network Security, and or Application Delivery. Certifications: Must hold active certifications in one or more of the following certifications: o   CCNP Enterprise o   CCNP Security o   CCIE Security o   Palo Alto PCNSE o   Palo Alto PCSFE GDT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, marital status, gender identity or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved. GDT believes in the power of technology to benefit humanity. As a global IT solutions provider, we bring IT to life for our clients by putting people first in all we do. Our mission is to accelerate our clients’ business goals by providing outcome-driven IT solutions and expertise for modern platforms, networks, and cybersecurity. We have a 26-year heritage and a global workforce. We are consistently recognized by our partners for our expertise across our solution stack and maintain more than 450 certifications with the world’s best-known technology providers. Our history, knowledge, and global reach provide a foundation for developing rich, sustainable services and solutions that bring our team to the forefront of IT leadership and expertise.