Junior Firewall Engineer

Job Title: Junior Firewall Engineer
Location: Washington, D.C. (Client Site/Remote)
Duration: Long Term Contract
Client: AFS/NIH

Technical Skills: Years/Level of Experience
Splunk                                (7-10yrs experience)
Cisco Firewall                   (3-5yrs experience)
Load Balancers                (3-5yrs experience)

Role Description: 
·        Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience. 
·        3-5 years in network security, network engineering, or similar

·        Load Balancers (preferably A10, but any experience such as F5, Netscreen, etc would help)
·        Experience with micro-segmentation and understanding of the micro-segmentation concepts
·        IDS/IPS technologies
·        TCP/IP addressing 
·        Network Ports/Protocols 
·        Basic understanding of routing and switching 

·        Deploy, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot: firewalls, network-based intrusion systems, web proxies, load balancers, network-based dynamic malware engines, and endpoint security solutions.
·        Manage Cisco ASA platform including but not limited to licensing, update management, patching, and inventory.
·        Monitor the ticket queue for new requests.
·        The position requires the employee to go into the office at a minimum 1 day a week in Bethesda, Maryland.

·        Capture new requests as tickets, and document progress towards fulfillment in the ticket. 
·        Work with requestors to capture and document explicit business, functional, and technical requirements.
·        Document, update, and maintain accurate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
·        Support infrastructure deployment, and operational tickets including policy review, testing deployment.
·        Draft change control documentation and employ approved change management practices to authorize work activities. 
·        Draft, update, and maintain system documentation.
·        Employ the System Development Lifecycle for all managed security systems.

Education Level : Bachelor's Degree