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**Req ID:** RQ210135

**Type of Requisition:** Regular

**Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** Top Secret/SCI

**Public Trust/Other Required:** BI Full 6C (T4)

**Job Family:** Cyber and IT Risk Management

Skills:

Computer Security,Network Engineering,Risk Mitigation,Security Risk Analysis,Technical Security

Certifications:

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) | International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) - International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Cyber Network Security Engineer

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cyber Network Security Engineer. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

GDIT is looking for a Cyber Network Security Engineer, who can build, design, tests, and deploy perimeter security systems to include firewalls and proxy devices. In this role, the Cyber Network Security Engineer will be responsible for firewall rule changes by process that includes analysis of the request, security recommendation, change control documentation and obtaining approval, and implementation.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Cyber Network Security Engineer the work you do on behalf of GDIT will be impactful to the company’s mission. You will play a crucial role in securing the network infrastructure that is used to perform energy related missions local and abroad. Duties and responsibilities include:

+ Manage and support all Network security hardware, software, cloud security services and logging analytics and analysis efforts and team members.

+ Collaborate with existing CyberOps staff members and other OCIO support staff as well as federal management.

+ Drive key outcomes and direct how the team innovates, resolves challenges, etc.

+ Utilize all CyberOps, Network and log analytics and analysis tools to keep the customer secure. Examples would be Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, Nagios, Syslog tools, skills or technologies in the role.

+ Plan, document, and implement hardware and software refresh and upgrade of Palo Alto perimeter devices.

+ Conduct periodic firewall rule set review and auditing for standards and use.

+ Create and maintain standard operating procedures and guides for new and/or existing perimeter hardware and software.

+ Attend weekly teleconferences, onsite meetings, and participate in working groups, as related to constant changing security environment.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cyber Network Security Engineer must have:

+ 10+ years, IT network engineering support experience (Tier II, Tier III, network infrastructure implementation and maintenance)

+ IPv6 knowledge and implementation experience

+ 3+years supporting cloud environments such as AWS and Azure with a security specialty and focus.

+ Competence with Linux and firewall command line interfaces.

+ Expert experience in one or more of the following security devices: Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Checkpoint, NetScreen

+ Experience supporting the configuration and maintenance of Firewall/DMZ infrastructure including Network and Application Firewall Packet Filtering technologies

+ Intermediate Linux experience with command line and understanding of basic scripting

+ Firsthand experience in developing and providing quality assurance review of engineering change orders relating to the replacement or enhancement of perimeter security hardware and software

+ Experienced with performing root cause analysis, risk identification and risk mitigation

+ Experienced with network monitoring and log analysis applications such as Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security, Nagios, Zenoss, NeuralStar or other similar monitoring tools

+ Clearance level: Q level clearance or equivalent

+ US citizenship required

+ Other Role requirements: To be onsite as emergencies happen such as failed systems that cannot be addressed remotely. Rotating on call work.

Required Education:

+ Technical Training, Certification(s) or Bachelor's degree in a computer science/computer engineering related discipline, or 10 years of work experience.

Desired Experience/Skills/Attributes:

+ Certifications: CISSP, CCNP Security, PCNSE, Network+, Security+, CEH, ITIL (r) Foundation certification, AWS Security, AWS Advanced Networking, Linux scripting and programming in Python and or Pearl greatly desired.

+ Interpersonal skills include the ability to collaborate effectively, self-awareness, and excellent written and oral communications.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

**Growth** : AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

**Support** : An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

**Rewards** : Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

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

**Community** : Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

The likely salary range for this position is $146,536 - $189,750. 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.

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 50 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.

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