Sr. Illumio Engineer

Sms Data Products Group - Tysons, VA

Full-time - Senior

Tysons, VA

51-100 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Sr. Illumio Engineer is responsible for overseeing and directing the engineering, implementation, policy configurations, and maintenance of the Illumio products within the Air Force's Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). This role involves creating a real-time network map and implementing micro-segmentation to enhance application security and prevent lateral movement of adversaries. The engineer will work closely with a team of engineers and operators to ensure the successful deployment and management of Illumio solutions across the Air Force networks.

Responsibilities

• Install/reinstall/upgrade or advise on the tasks required to place the Illumio Policy Compute Engine software in an approved configuration on both the Air Force NIPR and SIPR networks.
• Install/reinstall/upgrade or advise on the tasks required to place the Illumio Virtual Enforcement Node on Air Force servers at any or all locations requested by the Air Force on both the NIPR and SIPR networks.
• Provide professional services to perform the above actions, advise on traffic analysis and write security rules for all applications deemed in-scope for this effort.
• Manage the project and advise the Air Force management team.
• Provide in-person Type 1, over-the-shoulder training and local tier 3 and tier 4 support.
• Build Open Virtualization Appliances (OVA).
• Provide reports and metrics, and prepare and maintain project documentation.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Illumio Deployment, troubleshooting, monitoring, and management of Illumio deployment and product upgrades.
• Assist in the installation and maintenance of the Illumio Policy Compute Engine (PCE).
• Implement integrations such as Syslog/SIEM and Single Sign-On.
• Develop operations procedure/runbook based on Illumio best practices.
• Develop Illumio Virtual Enforcement Node (VEN) deployment methodology using the Customer's automation framework.
• Assist in technical reviews and guidance on change preparations.
• Develop a labeling schema using the Customer's metadata and applying Illumio best practices.
• Author Illumio policy based on a customer-defined framework.
• Develop Illumio-specific API scripts to optimize services.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering and firewall management.
• 4+ years of experience with cloud networking and virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware).
• Expert skills to install/reinstall/upgrade or advise on the tasks required to place the Illumio Policy Compute Engine and Virtual Enforcement Nodes.
• Subject matter expert on Illumio micro-segmentation to provide consulting to customers throughout integration into its service set.
• Expert skills required to develop Illumio labeling and policy design.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline, or MIS related field is preferred but not mandatory.

Nice-to-haves

• CCNA or equivalent certification.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work environment