Network Security Engineer
Description:
Date Posted: 06/24/2025
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 484614
Industry: Government
Job Title: Network Security Engineer
Job Location: Annapolis, MD, USA, 21401
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Two (2) days remote at a suitable off-site
Shift: 8:00AM to 4:30PM Eastern Standard Time (EDT
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 65
Min Hourly Rate : 60.00
Max Hourly Rate : 75.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Data Center, Desktop Support, Microsoft, OS X, UNIX, Windows 10
Experience Desired: CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network s (10 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Associate’s Degree
Preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Description
***Only qualified Network Engineer candidates located near the Annapolis, MD area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***
Required Education:
• Associate degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field, as determined by the AOC
Preferred Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field, as determined by the AOC
Required Active Certification:
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) Certification.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or (CCNP) Security Certification
Preferred Certification:
• Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE) Certification from Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Enterprise Infrastructure or Security Certification
Required Skills:
Five (5) years of experience with:
• Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall services
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention with Palo Alto networks
• Content Filtering Palo Alto networks
• Virtual Private Networks using Palo Alto network systems
• Data Loss Prevention
• TLS/SSL Inspection
• Four (4) years of experience in Complex switching, routing, wireless with Cisco Systems
• Three (3) years of experience in Reverse Proxies, Load Balancing with A10 networks
• Two (2) years of experience in Network Access Control - Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Free Radius, and Access Control Lists (ACLs)
General experience with the following:
• Implementing multifactor authentication solutions with Microsoft
• Cloud based virtual networking and security services
• Authentication standards - (802.1x) in wired and wireless applications
• Scalable routing protocols Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path Fist (OSPF), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Enterprise Data Centre implementing Micro segmentation
• Certificate Management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Vulnerability management using Nessus, NMAP, Windows, Unix, and Linux OS
• Packet/Protocol Analysis using Opnet, Riverbed, Wireshark, and taps
• Centralized Management using Panorama, SolarWinds
• Major server and desktop operating systems and utilities
Preferred Skills:
• Ten (10) years of CONUS technical experience in IT networking and network security
Job Responsibilities:
• Pro-actively identifying organization requirements, and helping to design, and engineer implementations that best serve the needs
• Performing project-based engineering, design, installation and troubleshooting of data security networks
• Providing assessment, design and implementation services of data and secure networking environments
• Developing comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively managing the implementation process from design to acceptance
• Assisting internal groups through capacity planning, maintaining, monitoring and review of secure data communications networks
• Leading migrations or assisting a team of engineers who will migrate traditional/legacy network security platforms to current/next generation technologies and expose customers to the full life cycle of defense in
depth solutions
• Assisting network engineers in troubleshooting critical problems or threat remediation relating to network security products
• Working with the engineering team to successfully implement configuration guidelines, change management, and standard operating procedures for secure network solutions
• Leading, scheduling, providing guidance and coordinating the activities with other team members to resolve end user problems in a timely and accurate fashion
• Generating weekly status reports including project progress, key milestones, and tasks accomplished
• Hosting weekly status meetings/calls with team or on as needed basis
**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).