Firewall Assurance Program Remote / Telecommute Jobs

Responsible for the implementation of the Firewall Assurance Program (FAP). This includes regular automated and manual firewall assessments to identify and remediate misconfigurations, security gaps, and other vulnerabilities. The FAP program will strengthen the overall security posture of the network and reduce the risk of cyberattacks by identifying misconfigurations, conflicting rules, security gaps, firewall security issues, optimize rulesets, and enhance the overall security posture and performance of Firewalls. Responsibilities: • Analyze assessment results, optimize firewall rulesets for enhanced security and performance, and ensure compliance with applicable DoD STIGs, NIST standards, DISA guidelines, and NSA regulations. • Conduct Firewall policy audits to ensure that firewall rules are compliant with vendor best practices, DoD Policy, organizational security regulations as well as any external compliance regulations (e.g. STIG, PPSM, NIST, etc.). • Ensure there are no erroneous or unauthorized firewall policy changes can often cause non-compliance. • Determine hosts exposed to dangerous services based on ACLs, routing, NAT rules, and anti-spoof settings and isolate the rules that are responsible for flagged risks. • Create, track, and report on the status of corrective actions. • Conduct Firewall Assessment reviews with a Firewall Assessment Program Report (FAPR) Requirements: Active Secret security clearance At least 5 years of related experience DoD IAT II required certification/s (one of the following): o CCNA-Security o CySA+ (CSA+) o GICSP o GSEC o Security+ CE o CND o SSCP CSSP-IS required certification/s (one of the following): o Security+ CE o CySA+ o GCIA o GICSP o GSEC o CEH Location: Remote Work Available - Fort Lee, VA or Smyrna, GA Apply tot his job Apply To this Job