Senior Network Engineer

Client: FL state Agency Position: Senior Network Engineer Term: ASAP - June 2027 with renewal Pay: $75/Hr-$80/Hr based upon experience Location: ON SIE - Tallahassee, FL Work Authorization: USC or GC with Permanent residence Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. Preferred Certifications : PCNSE or CISSP or CCNP or CCIE Experience: Typically have 5 to 10 years of combined IT and security work experience with a broad range of exposure to systems analysis, applications development, database design and administration Three to five years of experience with information security tools based on NIST standards. Requires knowledge of security issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms. Preference given for experience with NGFW Palo Alto or Checkpoint security products. Experience using schematic diagramming tools to map infrastructure layouts. Responsibilities: Perform security administration to configure and document firewall infrastructure access rules and work with peripheral network components in the technology environment with Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Global Protect VPNs. Firewall deployments, rule migrations, firewall administration and converting existing rule based policies onto new platforms. Works with critical core network infrastructure devices like Next Gen Firewall, VPNs, log collectors and monitors which play a crucial role in security for our IT environment. Works with cloud network infrastructure to configure firewall, security policies and monitor network traffic. Qode