About the role

The Senior Network Security Engineer will implement and support the agency's network, cloud, and computing infrastructure while maintaining security standards. Responsibilities include leading incident response, conducting threat hunting, managing firewall rules, and performing network security assessments.

What they look for

Network Security Azure Networking Palo Alto Firewalls WAF Splunk SIEM Incident Response Vulnerability Management Threat Hunting Active Directory NIST CSF Zero Trust Cisco ISE 802.1X Network Architecture Cloud Security

Requirements

Candidates must have 5-8 years of experience in enterprise networking and security, including specific expertise in Azure, Palo Alto firewalls, and SIEM tools. Strong technical communication skills and the ability to mentor junior engineers are required.

Benefits

Paid Sick Time Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance 401(k) with Employer Match HSA Short-term Disability Long-term Disability

Full description

Seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer to implement and support the agency's IT network, cloud, and computing infrastructure. The resource will perform day-today activities related to securing VDOT's infrastructure and related to securing, documenting, performing research, analysis, design, and implementations of VDOTs network and computing related infrastructure. Additionally:

Support a hybrid enterprise environment consisting of approximately 300 statewide locations, Palo Alto firewalls, Azure networking, ExpressRoute connectivity, WAF technologies, Splunk SIEM, SD-WAN, and mission critical public-facing applications.

Partner closely with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and the Information Security Office to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of VDOTs network infrastructure.

Ensure network security architecture aligns with operational security standards before and after deployment.

Lead investigation and containment of network security incidents.

Review firewall rule requests and ensure compliance with security standards.

Design and maintain secure hybrid network architecture across on-premises and Azure environments.

Monitor security events using SIEM technologies and coordinate incident response activities.

Perform network security assessments and recommend remediation strategies.

Develop and maintain network security standards, diagrams, and operational documentation.

Support penetration testing and remediation efforts.

Participate in on-call support during critical security incidents.

Responsible for conducting proactive threat hunting and anomaly detection.

Validates WAF and firewall placement and integration exposure/connectivity. Also leads implementation, review, and management of agency WAF(s).

Identifies and diagnoses system problems and threats by using system logs, line monitors, SIEM, diagnostic software, and test equipment.

Identifies, prioritizes, and remediates network security vulnerabilities.

Must have the ability to provide documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, firewall rules, and access controls when required.

Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects.

Requirements

Skills Required/Preferred Years Candidate Experience

Enterprise Networking Required 8

Enterprise Security Required 5

Azure Networking Required 3

WAF/NGFW Required 3

Supporting environments with 300+ Network Devices Required 3

Candidate must have experience in the following areas: Incident response, Security investigations, Log analysis, Threat intelligence, Security monitor Required 5+

Candidate must have experience with the SIEM products (e.g. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel) Required 5+

Candidate must have experience in vulnerability management and remediation tracking as well as vulnerability scanning tools (e.g. Nessus, Tenable, Def Required 5+

Candidate must have experience in the following areas: Active Directory, MFA, Conditional Access, Certificates Required 5+

Candidate must have experience with; SEC530, CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust principles Required 5+

Candidate must have experience with the following: Cisco ISE, NAC, 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS Required 5+

Candidate must have experience with the following products: Palo Alto, F5 Distributed Cloud, Azure WAF, Cisco VPN, Global Protect, F5 BIG-IP Required 5+

Candidate must have experience working in highly regulated environments and leading technical troubleshooting during outages Required 5+

Candidate must have ability to communicate technical issues to technical and executive audiences and an ability to mentor junior engineers. Required 5+

Candidate should have achieved or ability to achieve the following certifications: Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500), Azure Network Engineer (AZ-700), Required 5+

Benefits

Benefit Package includes:

Paid Sick Time

Insurance for Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Available

401(k) including Employer Match

HSA, Short-term & Long-term Disability Available

We are an EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer