Senior Firewall Engineer

Consultant required for the below mentioned requirement

Senior Firewall Engineer

Location: McLean, VA

Contract Duration: 1 year

This role provides IT network security engineering for new innovations, project designs, and standards development. Ensures adherence to defined Network Engineering Processes and identifies and helps influence platform strategic direction in coordination with business users' needs and direction.

Responsibilities:

1. Enterprise network security strategy, solutions, and ongoing technology refresh and enhancements
2. Enterprise network security design standards
3. Design reviews and project engineering
4. Acquisition integration for network security services
5. Feasibility engagements with business groups to ensure integrated network strategies are incorporated early in the process
6. Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior personnel

Basic Qualifications:

1. Experience in technical leadership of medium to large IT projects
2. 3 years of experience in all technical aspects of Network Security Engineering
3. 2 years of experience with Checkpoint and/or Cisco ASA technologies
4. Experience with advanced rulebase design and global objects
5. Analyze firewall rules to categorize/prioritize the rules and recommend remediation action plans based on clients' application types and domain boundary environment
6. Analyze firewall rules to identify rules that can be removed and work with the appropriate client teams to get those rules removed
7. Analyze firewall rules to identify shadow rules and recommend best course of action to reduce shadowed rules
8. Review clients' server/systems configuration and make recommendations as to best location for each system based on clients' target state domain boundary architecture
9. Effectively manage priorities and communicate progress and impediments

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Science, Engineering or Computers
2. 2 years of experience in technical leadership of medium to large IT projects
3. 5 years of experience in all technical aspects of Network Security Engineering
4. 3 years of experience with Checkpoint technologies
5. 2 years of experience with Cisco ASAs
6. Ability to engage and influence team members as well as people external to the team
7. Ability to use VersionOne (experience preferred)
8. Ability to learn and foster Agile Scrum best practices and values

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.