Network Security Team Lead

Company Overview:

Join a fast-growing company highly experienced in cyber security, cloud computing, virtualization, big data analytics, and project management! IMTS offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits including tuition reimbursement and employer-contributed 401K, and referral bonuses. We work with the best customers on-site at top government agencies.

Job Title: Network Security Team Lead

Primary Location: Washington, DC

Clearance: Top-Secret Clearance (TS)

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Network Security Team Lead that shall provide enterprise-level operational support for incident and problem management activities, including fault isolation, troubleshooting, and resolution support for critical customer network issues.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Work with the systems team to troubleshoot, diagnose, and remediate customer application issues.

Network performance monitoring to ensure system availability and reliability.

Performing network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.

Monitoring of system resource utilization, trends, and capacity planning.

Working within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to network infrastructure.

Experience and Skills:

The Network Security Engineer will lead, or support assigned capabilities within Information Security with the focus on Securing Perimeter, Cloud, Automation and Manufacturing Systems. The Network Security Engineer will work with various partners at all levels internally to our client in a manner aligned with corporate values to define and implement Information Security Services strategies, standards, tools, and processes. This team member will work jointly with other teams to implement technologies, processes, and other improvements in assigned Information Security capabilities. This will also include participation in on-call activities.

Management and implementation of physical as well as AWS-based firewalls, proxies, VPN concentrators, and related network protection technologies

Develops, implements, and sustains network operating rules, objects, and flows across a complex, global enterprise

Collaborates with analysts, engineers, data scientists to deliver continuous improvement in cyber defense/resilience

Work with and provide guidance to Security Operations and other Information Security team activities on security strategies, processes, response, and technologies

Provide support to Incident Response on security incidents including mock security incident exercises

Critically analyzes network infrastructure to find opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce the threat profile

Provide mentorship and training on areas of expertise to Information Security and other internal teams

Participate in audits covering network security services and technologies

Participate in proactive research and provide recommendations for continuous improvement on information security technologies, processes, and services

Participate in on-call coverage and perform effective escalation of problems and issues

Network Security Engineers will also present project status reports to senior management, adhere to policies and practices relative to technical guidelines and change management processes, and may contribute to the development of new policies and practices by suggesting innovative ideas

Work closely with business and application owners on design, troubleshooting, support, and documentation of new application deployment and enhancements

Architect, engineer, and troubleshoot Fortinet firewalls and services

Engineer/Support Retail and Corporate buildings/floors

Engineer application and network designs to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and security best practices

Attend planning meetings, including Discovery/Discovery Results/Architecture Council and provide suggestions on design

Provide technical expertise in business initiatives and projects

Manage and lead internal IT initiatives and projects from other groups

Create end-to-end project tasks and expect to be accountable for entire project completion

Configure and install network and security related hardware and software

Perform scheduled and emergency network maintenance

Manage and maintain network and security documentation through collaborative applications

Work with application owners on troubleshooting issues, even though it may not be network related issue

Troubleshoot network and provide Post Incident Writeup (PIR) and present to management

Provide strong customer service and facilitate collaboration between project teams and clients.

IMTS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.