Job Description
Job Title: Network Security Engineer
Job Length: 5 Years
Legal Status: Not explicitly stated; assumed to follow standard state eligibility requirements
Work Location: Hybrid – 3 days on-site, 2 days remote (may switch to 2 days on-site / 3 days remote after 6 months)
On-site Location: 189 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
Job Description
🔹 Core Responsibilities:
- Design, install, and maintain secure 24x7 network operations
- Perform project-based engineering and design for secure data networks
- Troubleshoot critical problems related to network security
- Assist in capacity planning and monitoring of secure networks
- Lead migration to next-gen security technologies
- Implement change management and SOPs for secure network solutions
- Coordinate activities with team members to resolve end-user issues
- Generate weekly status reports and host regular meetings
🔹 Required Qualifications:
- Associate degree in IT-related field
- Active Certifications:
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP – Enterprise or Security)
🔹 Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field
- 10 years of IT networking and security experience
- Certifications:
- Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE)
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE – Enterprise or Security)
🔹 Additional Experience With:
- Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, DLP, TLS/SSL inspection
- Cisco routing, switching, wireless
- A10 Networks (Reverse Proxy, Load Balancing)
- Network Access Control (Cisco ISE, Free Radius, ACLs)
- Multifactor authentication, PKI, Certificate Management
- Cloud networking/security, 802.1x authentication
- Nessus, NMAP, Unix/Linux security
- Tools: Panorama, SolarWinds, Wireshark, Riverbed
- Working in enterprise data centers and 24/7 environments
- Technical documentation and mentoring junior associates
Work Schedule
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST
- Flexibility required for evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call support
Job Tags
Holiday work, Remote job, Weekend work, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,