We are seeking a Senior Palo Alto Engineer! This person should be a seasoned, self-motivated, professional with at least 10 years of hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized and cloud environments. A skilled engineer knowledgeable and experienced in developing and implementing Firewall/Networking Security Solutions.
With the CESO program, the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) is looking to transform the existing Secure Web Services (SWS) environment, used to provide secure information sharing to the community, into a more mature service offering to meet the DoD and IC community. As part of this task order, Leidos will manage the commercial cloud migration and fully automate the continuous development & continuous integration environment, fourth estate consolidation, professionalize services - ITIL/DevSecOps based processes, improve the customer experience 1st call resolution, and achieve development of a service catalog for Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) Model.
This position is 100% onsite in Arlington, VA with occasional/situational travel in and outside of the Washington Metro Area.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Identify and remediate misconfigurations, conflicting rules, security gaps, firewall and load balancer security issues, optimize rule-sets, and enhance the overall security posture and performance of Firewalls and Load Balancers
Provide Tier 3 support to members of the operations network administrations.
Maintain all HW and SW components at vendor supported levels.
Support mission-critical Continuity of Operations (COOP).
Conduct a minimum of two (2) assessment of firewall each month on CESO and customer devices and generate assessment reports and provide recommendations for improvements.
Support the creation of network device performance and traffic utilization monthly reports.
Develop and/or participate in After Action Reports (AARs)
Provide expert advice and direction regarding the management and operation of all Palo Alto devices in the DISA CESO enterprise architecture.
Interact with the customer point of contact to set objectives/goals based on Palo Alto Networks technologies and available technology roadmap for architecture and design discussions.
Evaluate current technologies and processes associated with DISA CESO to identify gaps.
Provide requirements and strategies for future cybersecurity operations.
Active participant in meetings with DISA CESO and mission partner working groups.
Adhere to applicable DOD STIGs, DISA applicable orders, and JSIG policy, guidelines, and regulations.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of directly relevant experience. Add'l experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
10+ years of hands-on Cisco / Palo Alto Firewall experience in both engineering and Operations and maintenance roles.
Strong knowledge of Palo Alto concepts and best practices:
Panorama Installation
Panorama HA Config
Panorama Template and Template Stacks
Panorama Policy creation and push to group of Firewalls and Verify Push
Palo Alto Route configuration
Palo Alto IPSec Site to Site VPN Config and Troubleshooting
Palo Alto VM in AWS
Palo Alto IPS Configuration
Palo Alto Virtual Router / Systems
Palo Alto Firewall HA
Experience working in a high op-temp, Top Secret environment.
Candidate must possess an active DOD Top Secret level security clearance, and be eligible to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI
Candidate must be willing to take and maintain a CI/Poly