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Network Security Engineer

RecruitTalent, LLC.
Annapolis, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 10/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/1/2025
Responsibilities

  • Pro-actively identifying organization requirements and helping to design and engineer implementations that best serve the needs.
  • Performing project-based engineering, design, installation, and troubleshooting of data security networks.
  • Providing assessment, design, and implementation services for data and secure networking environments.
  • Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance.
  • Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks
  • Leading migrations or assisting 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.
  • Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products.
  • Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions. Leading, scheduling, providing guidance, and coordinating the activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion.
  • Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished.
  • Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with the team or on as needed basis.

Qualifications/Certifications

The following are the minimum qualifications:

  • Associate degree in an information technology (IT) related field, as determined by the AOC.
  • Active certifications as follows:
    • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification.
    • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification.
Must Have The Following Qualifications

  • Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security.
  • Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field, as determined by the AOC.
  • Current Certifications as follows:
    • 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, and 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

  • Implementing 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

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