SkyePoint Decisions, Inc.

Firewall Engineer

Job Location US-NC-Raleigh/Durham
ID
2022-2241
Job Type
Immediate Hire
Category
Information Technology

Overview

SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.

 

Skyepoint Decisions is a participating E-Verify Employer. 

Responsibilities

This is a contingent position based upon customer approval and funding.

As a SkyePoint employee you will be given the opportunity to design, configure, and deploy some of the IT industry’s latest products and services to ensure that our most critical customers maintain the ability to securely communicate and collaborate to meet mission demands.  In your new role you will share and partner with other like-minded, dedicated professionals to review your thoughts and ideas to improve upon and deploy new enterprise IT infrastructures and configurations. You will utilize not only your existing enterprise IT skills and talents to meet your customer’s needs, but also draw upon those new skills that you will learn in your new role. Your ideas and contributions will matter.

What can you achieve and how you will make a difference

  • Operate and maintain enterprise network security infrastructure devices, including firewalls intrusion detection systems, concentration on firewalls, and security management and monitoring equipment.
  • Designs and develops new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
  • Ensures system security needs are established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, incident response support, disaster recovery and business continuity.
  • support; provides analytical support for security policy development and security analysis of new technologies.
  • Integrates new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designs cyber security architectural artifacts, provides architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, provides security engineering recommendations, and resolves integration and testing issues.
  • May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

Qualifications

The Talent You Bring with these Qualifications 

  • Bachelors or equivalent in addition to five (5) years related firewall experience or Masters in addition to three (3) years related experience firewall
  • Experience managing and operating enterprise-class firewall and/or intrusion detection/protection system
  • Experience managing and operating Fortinet UTM devices
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection
  • ForeScout
  • FortiGate
  • Palo Alto Cisco ASA
  • Splunk

 

Applicants selected for this position will require an ability to obtain an active Public Trust clearance, and background screening. Applicants selected for a security clearance will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirement for access to classified information.

 

What We Can Offer You - 

  • Great Benefits: >70%-80% of medical premiums cost share paid by SkyePoint, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, floating federal holiday options, and 401k matched
  • Certification Incentive Program

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  • Paid Referral Program 

     

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  • Corporate Sponsored Community Engagement (Giving Back) events every quarter
  • SkyePoint DoD SkillBridge Industry Partner Fellowship Program

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  • SkyePoint Professional Growth Programs (Internal Training and Mentoring)
  • SkyePoint Azure Development Environment available to all Developers and technical staff to develop solutions for customers and/or to create innovation to win new business

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  • SkyePoint Professional Sports Ticket Perks, Quarterly Employee Morale Lunches, and Semi-Annual team-building events
  • Flexible Work Environment

SkyePoint Decisions is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 (with SAM) for Services. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the SkyePoint Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at SkyePoint that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

As a federal contractor, SkyePoint is subject to any federal vaccine mandates or other customer vaccination requirements. All new hires are required to report their vaccination status.

SkyePoint Decisions is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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