Senior Network Analyst-Firewall Engineer

Job Description

Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.

Westat is committed to building a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusivity, belonging and equity for all. We believe that our greatest strength draws on the different backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and experiences of our employees.

Job Summary:

Westat is seeking a Senior Network Analyst-Firewall Engineer to lead the implementation, managing, and monitoring the firewalls and network security appliances on our critical networks. You will build highly available solutions, provide preemptive support through an improved focus on monitoring, scale the business with flawless connectivity to cloud resources and remote offices, troubleshoot and provide problem resolutions, allow users to freedom to connect from anywhere while maintaining security best practices.

This is a full time hybrid position with 1-2 days in our corporate office

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining and monitoring of network security capabilities, including but not limited to Web Application Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion Preventions Systems, advanced log analysis, network monitoring, network flow analysis, packet capture analysis and access control lists.

• Provide technical leadership on Firewall design, implementation, management and monitoring.

• Monitor, investigate and respond to security incidents.

• Provide Tier III support to technical teams.

• Mentor network engineers to expand skillsets and career growth.

• Find opportunities to optimize the functionality, performance, stability and security of existing networks, continuously assessing systems, processes and procedures for possible improvements.

• Monitoring and diagnosing performance issues using on-prem or cloud systems and tools.

• Work alongside your colleagues in the Information Security team, ensure the appropriate level of security to safeguard company IP and to meet audit requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree with 10 years of IT experience to included 5+ years of experience as a Firewall Engineer supporting a distributed engineering enterprise, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to lead a small team.

• Ability to lead several projects simultaneously from design to implementation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working on Fortinet Firewalls.

• Experience working with Fortigate web applications firewalls.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Demonstrated communication skills.

• Collaboration with teams, managers and/or clients.

• Organization skills, including time management ability.

• Detail oriented.

Westat offers a well-rounded and comprehensive benefits program focused on wellness and work/life balance. Subject to plan requirements, employees may participate in:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Paid Parental Leave

• Vacation Leave (15 days per year)

• Sick Leave (10 days per)

• Holiday Leave (7 Government Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays)

• Professional Development

• Health Advocate

• Employee Assistance Program

• Travel Accident Insurance

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Short Term Disability Insurance

• Long Term Disability Insurance

• Life and AD&D Insurance

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Supplemental Life Insurance

• Flexible Spending Account

• Health Savings Account

This opportunity will be posted for a minimum of 5 days and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Westat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other protected status under applicable law.

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