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A&M Technologies, Inc. · 1 month ago

Tier 3 Boundary Protection Engineer

Las Cruces, NM

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

A&M Technologies, Inc. has an opening for a Tier III Boundary Protection Engineer to support the customer’s various wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). This position will provide boundary protection to an enterprise level infrastructure across multiple classifications and act as subject matter experts in boundary technologies across multiple vendors.

Information Technology & Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Maintain the security and networking of enterprise boundary enclaves and devices

Responsible for installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, and monitoring performance of firewall systems

Provide support for Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications

Generate, determine impact of, and implement custom proxy policies and/or policy exceptions in response to ongoing technology implementation activities on the program

Proxy Subject Matter Expert (SME) for integration of other technologies within the program (function as an SME on ongoing technology projects)

Support the troubleshooting of web connectivity problems to determine root cause

Perform Proxy solution component upgrades, testing and configuration

Research and develop evidence collection, protection, and analysis techniques for customer owned and maintained hardware and/or software

Provide real-time monitoring and alerting of security incident investigations on perimeter/internal infrastructure

Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for all incident management events and outages

Collaborate with IT staff on projects and initiatives

Provide input for monthly progress and status reporting of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Work with all corresponding technical support teams as required to resolve network traffic concerns

Utilize monitoring tools and log collectors to provide in-depth analysis on traffic anomalies and issues

Qualification

Boundary protection experiencePalo Alto firewallCisco ASAIncident responseProxy technologiesRoutingNetworkingNetwork Address TranslationService NowMS Office proficiencyTechnical documentationCommunication skills

Required

Required Clearance: TS/SCI CI

Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master's and 10 years, bachelor's and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years

Candidate must have 7 years of relevant boundary protection experience delivering fault tolerant data network infrastructure solutions and incident response

Must comply with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2

Experience in configuring and troubleshooting boundary protection technologies such as Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, and Forcepoint appliances

Experience with proxy technologies such as Bluecoat proxies or equivalent applications

Working knowledge or Routing and Networking fundamentals

Working knowledge of boundary protection best practices

Understanding of routing, switching, Internet Protocol (IP) subnet, Network Address Translation (NAT) and security technologies

Demonstrated ability to engineer and modify rulesets to allow connectivity for new customer requirements

Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and develop schematic diagrams, technical manuals, and documentation such that the supported equipment and software can be maintained with minimal training

Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products

Superior verbal and written communication skills

Intermediate-level knowledge of MS Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

Work rotating schedules and after-hours on-call support