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Saigepartners

Firewall Engineer

Iowa City, IA · On-site

$46 - $61.75/hr

Firewall Engineer (Remote) Job Overview: We are seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer to support ... Plan, execute, and validate firewall OS and code upgrades, minimizing operational risk and service ...

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Firewall Engineer

Plano, TX · On-site

$45.75 - $61.25/hr

Have to be very detailed AWS firewall-MUST * AWS Firewall details key for this role-MUST * AWS ... Less operational and must be more Engineering-MUST -ask candidates this * Scripting-MUST * With ...

Novul Solutions

Firewall Engineer

Alexandria, VA · On-site

$180K - $210K/yr

Overview We are seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer to support mission-critical network security operations within a high-tempo Department of Defense environment. This role focuses on the ...

Insight Global

Firewall Engineer

Charlotte, NC · On-site

$45 - $50/hr

Insight Global is seeking a Firewall Engineer for a top telecommunications client. This candidate ... business operations. This role primarily supports traffic flows in and out of enterprise ...

Novul Solutions

Firewall Engineer

Alexandria, VA · On-site

$48.25 - $64.75/hr

Overview We are seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer to support mission-critical network security operations within a high-tempo Department of Defense environment. This role focuses on the ...

Lightology LLC

Web Application Firewall Engineer

$100K - $120K/yr

Lightology.com Position: Web Application Firewall Engineer Position reports to the Chief ... Collaborate with software developers and DevOps engineer to improve application security posture.

Zachary Piper Solutions

VPN/Firewall Engineer

Norfolk, VA · On-site

$90K - $100K/yr

Collaborate with Network Operations, Network Engineering, NOC, Release Management, & project teams ... Firewall Engineer, Network Security Engineer, Network Engineer, VPN Engineer, Network Security ...

Tetrad-Digital-Integrity-LL

Firewall Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

$115K - $125K/yr

TDI is seeking a Firewall Engineer to support the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) Task Order for the GIG Service Management - Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. We are looking for a ...

Leidos

Firewall Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

$92K - $166K/yr

Description The DISA IT Operation within Leidos' Digital Modernization Group is seeking a Firewall Engineer to support the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) Task Order for the GIG ...

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As of Sep 9, 2026, the average hourly pay for firewall operation engineer in the United States is $53.99, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $45.91 and $61.54 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Infographic showing various Firewall Operation Engineer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 81% Full Time, 14% Part Time, 1% Temporary, 2% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 96% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 3% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $112,302 per year, or $54 per hour.

Secret Cleared | Lead Palo Alto Firewall Engineer | MIDs (11:00pm-7:30am)

Beltsville, MD • On-site

Conceras
IT Services • 11 - 50 employees
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$48.50 - $65/hr

Full-time

Posted 14 days ago

Job description

PALO ALTO FIREWALL ENGINEER
Position Description
Description
This is an opening for a Firewall Engineer/Team Lead to support a Department of State (DoS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) program. This program provides transparent, interconnected systems and security supporting the DoS in successfully carrying out its U.S. foreign policy mission. DT provides enterprise architecture design, engineering, operations and maintenance support services for servers, networks, firewalls, and enterprise applications across the Department. Program is named "Vanguard" and is an IT consolidation consisting of the Department's servers, mainframes, network devices, network perimeter, anti-virus engineering, public key infrastructure (PKI)/biometrics/encryption, monitoring tools, telephony, mobile computing platform, virtual environment, and enclave design/security engineering.
This is a firewall engineer position within the Vanguard 2025 program, providing general Tier II monitoring, configuration, and support to multiple firewalls and perimeter security systems. The position directly supports DoS on-site to provide perimeter security protection to over 80,000 customers globally.
This is a hybrid position based out of Beltsville, MD with ~3 days on-site. Shift is MIDs (11:00pm-7:30am), Sun-Thurs after training. During the ~6-8 week training period, it will be 5 days on-site Mon-Fri (7:00am-3:30pm).
Your responsibilities will include:
Provides Tier 2 support in the monitoring, management, and troubleshooting of perimeter devices to include firewalls, proxies, and mail transport agents. Along with being a Team Lead for the MID shift. As the Lead you will be expectant to give a turnover of events for the past shift, create weekly Quad Chart, and be able to direct work to other firewall operations staff. Must be able to guide other staff on tasks assigned to the team. Review request for time off and stay in touch with the manager on all events happening on the shift.
  • Monitor Service Now application for Firewall Operations incident and service requests.
  • Implements firewall rules and policies, perform troubleshoots of firewall, email, and Proxy platforms for performance issues. Analyzes network traffic captures.
  • Escalates issues as required to Tier 3 staff and monitors issues throughout a problem's life cycle.
  • Performs recurring maintenance activities such as device reboots and software upgrades on perimeter devices.
  • Records and reports on firewall operations, utilization, and maintenance.
  • Collaborate across Bureaus and Agencies to implement and repair network changes as they relate to perimeter security devices.
  • Support Diplomatic Security Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) by implementing block requests for IP's, Websites, and Email addresses.
  • Update architecture diagrams using Visio.
  • Monitor and perform health checks on multiple perimeter security devices.
  • Draft, coordinate and publish outage notifications as required.
  • Update shift logs and provide reports to leadership daily.
  • Maintain standard operating procedures (SOP), work instructions, and other working documents.
  • Attend weekly teleconferences, onsite meetings, and participate in working groups as required.
Qualifications
Required Education & Experience
  • BA degree and 6 years of experience; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree.
  • In Depth experience using Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama monitoring tools to troubleshoot and configure a Firewall infrastructure. Strong understanding of networking, proxy, and packet filtering technologies.
  • Minimum 5 years IT Customer Support experience (Tier I and/or Tier II).
  • First-hand experience with supporting the monitoring and configuration of Firewall/DMZ infrastructure including Network and Application Firewall Packet Filtering technologies (StoneGate, Palo Alto, FortiGate, Azure Firewall, Cloudflare, Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA), A10 proxy devices).
  • CLI experience preferred.
  • Experienced in utilizing network monitoring tools such as Nagios and NeuralStar.
  • Basic Microsoft Windows Server 2016 implementation and troubleshooting from a security/firewall perspective.
  • Experienced with TCP/IP network implementation and troubleshooting.
Required Clearance
  • US Citizenship.
  • An Interim Secret clearance is required to start work and requires eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

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