Network Security Engineer - Strata EEC

Ampcus - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Network Security Engineer at Strata EEC is responsible for providing technical support and guidance to clients deploying security integrations. This role involves acting as a technical partner, offering strategic advice on complex systems to enhance digital security. The engineer will work closely with clients to analyze and improve security integrations, ensuring a secure digital environment through proactive implementation and adherence to best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and technical support to clients deploying security integrations.
• Act as a technical partner, offering strategic guidance around complex systems to secure a digital environment.
• Communicate with customers, sales teams, peers, engineering, and support teams as appropriate.
• Understand the customer environment, requirements, and security roadmap to implement appropriate security solutions.
• Configure, implement, and maintain the Security Operating Platform.
• Optimize and migrate policies and objects from the existing environment to the Next-Gen Firewall.
• Test and validate the migration environment.
• Coordinate and execute cutover to production.
• Provide guidance on code upgrades.
• Facilitate the development of new application and threat signatures.
• Interact with the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to understand and diagnose support cases.
• Work with the customer's security and network teams to build confidence across business units.

Requirements

• High level of experience with Panorama and log collectors.
• Experience with Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and Global Protect.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent education/training/experience.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with network/security solutions and technologies (BGP, SD-WAN concepts, VXLAN, and general routing and switching).
• Minimum of 3 years' experience leading security solutions in large environments.
• Detailed technical experience in the installation, configuration, and operation of high-end firewall appliances, ideally PAN.
• Experience in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies.
• Good understanding of Internet protocols and applications.
• Possess industry certifications: CISSP, CCNA, CNSE, and JNCIE-SEC.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and work calmly under pressure.
• Excellent writing and strong verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders and technical peers.