Tier III Boundary Protection Engineer

NewGen is seeking a Tier III Boundary Protection Engineer to support the customer's various WANs and LANs. This position will provide boundary protection to an enterprise level infrastructure across multiple classifications and act as subject matter experts in boundary technologies across multiple vendors.

100% onsite in Las Cruces, NM
Active TS/SCI CI Poly required

• Maintain the security and networking of enterprise boundary enclaves and devices
• Responsible for installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, and monitoring performance of firewall systems
• Provide support for Palo Alto, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and Forcepoint firewall equipment and applications
• Generate, determine impact of, and implement custom proxy policies and/or policy exceptions in response to ongoing technology implementation activities on the program
• Proxy Subject Matter Expert (SME) for integration of other technologies within the program (function as an SME on ongoing technology projects)
• Support the troubleshooting of web connectivity problems to determine root cause
• Perform Proxy solution component upgrades, testing and configuration
• Research and develop evidence collection, protection, and analysis techniques for customer owned and maintained hardware and/or software
• Provide real-time monitoring and alerting of security incident investigations on perimeter/internal infrastructure
• Provide day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for all incident management events and outages
• Collaborate with IT staff on projects and initiatives
• Provide input for monthly progress and status reporting of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Work with all corresponding technical support teams as required to resolve network traffic concerns
• Utilize monitoring tools and log collectors to provide in-depth analysis on traffic anomalies and issues