Palo Alto Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW), Palo Alto Networks Panorama, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), SIEM Tools

Certifications:

None

Experience:

2 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Own your career as a Palo Alto Engineer at GDIT. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to build strong lines of cyber defense using cutting-edge technologies. Your work in cyber security at GDIT will have an impact on securing our clients’ missions and ensuring we anticipate the threats of tomorrow.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Palo Alto Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cyber Engineer Senior joining our team to perform engineering and management of Palo Alto Firewalls/Cortex XSOAR/SASE Solutions/Panorama Firewall Management, and CSOC tools.

HOW THE PALO ALTO ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Engineer, maintain, and analyze security applications such as Palo Altos Firewalls/XSOAR/SASE/Panorama (Primary) and secondary duties supporting CSOC Tools such as Tenable, McAfee, Splunk as needed
• Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors and maintains cybersecurity policies, procedures and systems, including infrastructure and access management for cybersecurity hardware, firmware and software
• Ensures that cybersecurity plans, controls, processes, standards, policies and procedures are aligned with cybersecurity standards
• Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations and suggests procedures to halt future incidents and improve security
• Develops techniques and procedures for conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and compliance audits, the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security incidents such as intrusion, frauds, attacks or leaks
• Carries out triage on security events, coordinates incidents with Incident Management Team, IT operations, network engineering, and application teams
• Diagnoses, identifies, isolates, and analyzes problems utilizing historical database records
• Participates in the security engineering, validation testing of system configuration/hardening, and assessment of classified information systems (IS)
• Supports security posture assessments
• Maintains awareness of cyber trends, threats, and vulnerabilities
• Develops, integrates and maintains security toolsets
• Alerts management to recurring problems and patterns of problems

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education/Experience: BA/BS and 2 years’ of relevant experience or equivalent years of experience
• Required Technical Skills: Palo Alto experience, Threat Hunting/Analysis experience using various security tools, and Palo Alto XSOAR/SASE/Panorama
• Must hold Security+ certification or equivalent.
• Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain Public Trust
• Preferred Skills: Ticketing and reporting experience. Linux and Windows experience. Experience with security tools or similar such as Splunk, McAfee, RSA Netwitness, and Tenable
• Location: Remote

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $76,500 - $103,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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