Senior Network Security Engineer

ePATHUSA -
Mechanicsville, VA

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Job Details

Contract
$60 - $65 an hour
19 hours ago

Benefits

Health savings account
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Life insurance
Paid sick time

Qualifications

Cisco ISE
Zero Trust security
Intrusion detection analysis
Vulnerability scanning implementation
Incident management
Azure Networking Services
NIST SP 800-53
Cloud security engineering
Technical documentation
Zero trust architecture design
Research
Security compliance frameworks implementation
Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
Information security compliance
Network configuration for security systems
WAF
Outlier detection
Network scanners
Remote access management
Incident management operations support
Log analysis tools
Mentoring
Regulatory Frameworks (Architecture security)
Networking equipment (troubleshooting support)
MFA
Vulnerability management
Network security appliance implementation
Technical troubleshooting support
Cybersecurity investigations
Threat intelligence

Full Job Description

Seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to implement and support the agency's IT network, cloud, and computing infrastructure. The resource will perform day-today activities related to securing VDOT's infrastructure and related to securing, documenting, performing research, analysis, design, and implementations of VDOTs network and computing related infrastructure. Additionally:

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.
Partner closely with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and the Information Security Office to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of VDOTs network infrastructure.
Ensure network security architecture aligns with operational security standards before 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 WAF(s).
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.

Requirements

Skills

Required/Preferred

Years

Candidate Experience

Enterprise Networking

Required

Enterprise Security

Required

Azure Networking

Required

WAF/NGFW

Required

Supporting environments with 300+ Network Devices

Required

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

Benefits

Benefit Package includes:

Paid Sick Time
Insurance for Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Available
401(k) including Employer Match
HSA, Short-term & Long-term Disability Available
We are an EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer

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