Senior Network Engineer

Client: FL state Agency
Position: Senior Network Engineer
Term: ASAP - June 2027 with renewal
Pay: $75/Hr-$80/Hr based upon experience
Location: ON SIE - Tallahassee, FL
Work Authorization: USC or GC with Permanent residence
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Certifications: PCNSE or CISSP or CCNP or CCIE
Experience:

• Typically have 5 to 10 years of combined IT and security work experience with a broad range of exposure to systems analysis, applications development, database design and administration
• Three to five years of experience with information security tools based on NIST standards.
• Requires knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms. Preference given for experience with NGFW Palo Alto or Checkpoint security products.
• Experience using schematic diagramming tools to map infrastructure layouts.

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.