Juniper Firewall Engineer

We are looking to add a Juniper Firewall Engineer to our team of talented professionals.

What youll do:

• Provide technical analysis in network security planning engineering and design.
• Service as the enterprise expert in crossfunctional discipline of enterprise network and cyber security infrastructure.
• Provide analysis for implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to network security problems.
• Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and cyber security hardware and software interconnection and interfacing such as routers firewalls and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention devices.
• Coordinate thirdparty maintenance for network and cyber security equipment. Troubleshoot problems with department users and department network administrators.
• Validate enterpriselevel network security design newly released equipment software and operating system for vulnerabilities and deficiencies.
• Provide specifications and detail schematics for unified network architecture of the enterprise.
• Provide daily monitoring/detection of potential performance/throughput issue and develop risk mitigation solutions.
• Provide guidance to team members and provide status metrics to Government customer and Peraton management.
• Provide thirdlevel support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide afterhours and weekend support.
• Design test and implement stateoftheart secure operating systems networks and database products including design of highlevel dashboards using data feeds from different network tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 5 years of relevant cyber security experience or Masters Degree and 3 years of relevant cyber security experience or PhD with 2 years of relevant cyber security experience.
• Possessan active (expertlevel) firewall certification: Juniper (JNCIESEC or JNCDSSEC) Palo Alto (PCNSE) or Checkpoint (CCSE).
• Experience performing security functions on network devices appliances and security tools.
• Experience in demonstrates the skill and ability to translate security mandates and guidelines such as NIST 800series into operational functions.
• Experience with whitelisting and blacklisting using network security tools and devices.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

• 3 years of experience with scalable firewall platform with either Checkpoint or Palo Alto products.
• 2 years of experience with virtual firewalls.
• 2 years of experience with Skybox tool.
• Preferred candidate to reside close to Woodlawn MD

Peraton is a nextgeneration national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.