Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA MD Home Office (MDHOME)

Full Part/Time: Full time

Job Req: RQ166821

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Network Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Communication Network, Data Communication Networks, Firewalls

Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Professional - Cisco Systems

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Firewall Engineer

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. We are seeking a Firewall Engineer for our Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

As a Firewall Engineer supporting CMS HIGLAS, you will be responsible for providing Firewall operations, and project support for a high-level government program. The candidate must be familiar with Firewall concepts and technologies, including routing and switching. They will develop, support, and maintain operations of Cisco Firewall technologies within the environment and associated sub-systems including, moves, adds, and changes, fault isolation and resolution. They will also be responsible for the integration of new components into existing infrastructure including system management tools, logging, and reporting capabilities.

HOW A FIREWALL ENGINEER SR ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Provide analysis, research, and support to complex problems and processes

• Responsible for the development, configuration, and maintenance of the HIGLAS Firewalls

• Provides firewall engineering and subject matter expertise for the HIGLAS network architecture (e.g., 3-zone, Out of Band, routing, NAT)

• Creates and updates Network Firewall Architectural Diagrams

• Ensures tools are configured to maintain the firewall infrastructure

• Provides input for reports to Operations Manager such as capacity management, project status, ticket status, and trend analysis

• Coordinates activities for the Firewall team

• Ensures Network Firewall Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are being met

• Manages the Service Now (SNOW) queue for Firewall requests to include CRs, INCs, PRBs and RITMs

• Creates and maintains Firewall Standard Operating Processes and Procedures

• Attends CMS customer meetings and provides status

• Maintain documentations, SOPs in all areas of the Firewalls

• Perform On-call support as part of team rotation

• Provide weekly status reports

• Plan and implement Firewall configuration changes following strict change management process to ensure no downtime or impact to the critical infrastructure or applications

• Work with vendor support engineers on escalation and ticket resolution, root cause analysis

• Responsible for participating in the HOM Risk Management Process through risk and issue identification and resolution

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related experience as outlined below, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 10+ years of Firewall engineering and administration experience

• 10+ years of experience configuring Cisco Firepower, Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewall

• Demonstrated understanding of the Cisco Network Firewall infrastructure and best practices

• Experience with SNOW (ServiceNow) Incident and Service Request management workflow

• Experience with LAN/WAN Firewall equipment and protocols such as, but not limited to BGP, 802.1Q, LACP including Nexus vPC, TCP/UDP, IPv4, IPv6, HSRP, STP, LLDP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, Ethernet, SNMP, SSH, TACACS, LDAP, and Syslog.

• Experience with Firewall monitoring tools such as SolarWinds

• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP and OSI models

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or higher certification

• Cisco ISE device administration/TACACS+

• Experience supporting and maintaining Cisco Firepower, Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewalls to include set-up, maintenance, upgrades, and replacement of the latest generation of hardware and software.

• Knowledge and ability to read packet captures utilizing WireShark or similar tools

• Experience with Out-of-Band console servers such as Vertiv Avocent

• Understanding of Splunk queries/searches

CLEARANCE: Ability to pass a CMS background check and meet the residency requirement for having resided in the US at least (3) three out of the last (5) five years.

LOCATION: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $112,000 - $168,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.