Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Senior Network Engineer position with term ASAP – June 2027 with renewal. Located ON SIE – Tallahassee, FL. Requires U.S. Citizenship or Green Card with permanent residence.

Responsibilities

• Perform security administration to configure and document firewall infrastructure access rules and work with peripheral network components in the technology environment with Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Global Protect VPNs
• Firewall deployments, rule migrations, firewall administration and converting existing rule‑based policies onto new platforms
• Works with critical core network infrastructure devices like Next‑Gen Firewall, VPNs, log collectors and monitors which play a crucial role in security for our IT environment
• Works with cloud network infrastructure to configure firewall, security policies and monitor network traffic

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• Preferred certifications: PCNSE, CISSP, CCNP, or CCIE
• Typically 5 to 10 years of combined IT and security work experience with broad exposure to systems analysis, applications development, database design and administration
• Three to five years of experience with information security tools based on NIST standards
• Knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms
• Preference for experience with NGFW Palo Alto or Checkpoint security products
• Experience using schematic diagramming tools to map infrastructure layouts

Skills

• Palo Alto Networks firewalls
• Checkpoint firewalls
• Global Protect VPN
• Next‑Generation Firewall (NGFW) administration
• Schematic diagramming tools for infrastructure mapping
• NIST‑based security tools and standards
• Cloud network firewall and security policy configuration
• Network traffic monitoring and analysis

Pay

$75/Hr–$80/Hr based upon experience