Job Details

1-2 Monthly meeting in Reston VA Candidates only from - DC, MD, VA, WV

65 / hr on w2

Salary Conversion : 136,730

Must Have :

Palo Alto, TCP / IP fundamentals, F5 WAF and / or Illumio Micro segmentation (must have one or both)

Payor and Heath Insurance customer

Sr. Network Security Engineer, with specific SME knowledge around Palo Alto, to support our client, a major healthcare payor organization.

Responsibilities Include :

• As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will be responsible for operating and maintaining network security infrastructure to support mission-critical operations.
• Oversee security infrastructure sustainment, maintenance, and advanced configuration of security tools (Palo Alto firewalls, F5 WAF, Illumio, Proofpoint mail gateways, IDS, AWS, and other security tools).
• Respond quickly and effectively to network issues, outages, and change requests.
• Recommend and perform system maintenance on network and security hardware / software as required.
• Utilize network monitoring tools to proactively address capacity, performance, and availability issues before service degradation occurs.
• Create and implement automation to increase efficiency, deployment velocity and reduce errors.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Providing mentoring for other engineers on equipment / software.
• Cross train in-house to share knowledge and share workload.

Required Skills

Five (5)+ years of the following Required Skills :

• Demonstrated experience with Palo Alto firewall
• Demonstrated experience with F5 WAF and / or Illumio Microsegmentation (must have one or both)
• Demonstrated expertise of TCP / IP fundamentals, IP sub netting, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), and network management
• Demonstrated expertise of point-to-point, VPN, and other WAN connectivity options
• Ability to perform risk assessments and investigate cyber security incidents.
• Ability to understand vulnerabilities at a technical level.
• Knowledge of hardware and software, networks, data centers, systems, and cyber security related issues.
• Proficient in ethical hacking techniques.
• Strong critical thinking ability and investigative / problem solving skills
• Demonstrated experience with AWS security tools
• Demonstrated experience with Proofpoint Gateway (Email Security)
• Demonstrated experience with Splunk and Palo Alto SOAR
• Any security certification

UrBench is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, status as a parent, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics as defined by federal, state or local laws.