C004000 Firewall Engineer (CTS) - MON 3 Feb

Deadline Date: Monday 3 February 2025

Requirement: Firewall Engineer

Location: Mons, BE 

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 836

Required Start Date: 1 April 2025

End Contract Date: 31 December 2025

Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET

Duties and Role:  

Under the direction of Section Head, Gateway Security Services, the Firewall Engineer will have two primary roles:

• Build, implement, maintain, and support Next Generation Firewalls (System Administration).
• Configure, maintain and review security policies and additional Next Generation Firewall capabilities (System Configuration)

Essential functions include, but are not limited to:

• Central administration and configuration of Firewalls to ensure continuing functionality and availability.
• Firewall policy/ruleset implementation and verification
• Provide technical support in troubleshooting infrastructure and operational issues and collaborating with other teams for a successful resolution;
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure Management and other Cyber Security teams
• Provide assistance to Incident Handlers to identify and remediate security incidents
• Review security documentation and provide technical advice, when requested
• Perform other duties as may be required

Specific Working Conditions: The work will be principally executed on site at the NCI Agency offices in Mons, Belgium, with the possibility to work remotely at times. However, there will be requirements to perform out-of-hours work to support planned maintenance activities or delivery of critical services as well as to provide on-call support outside regular business hours.

There may be limited travel required, specifically to Brussels, Belgium (max 1 x per month only), The Hague, Netherlands or Brunssum. Netherlands.

The contracted individuals must be in possession of a security clearance by their National Authority of COSMIC TOP SECRET or above. We cannot accept candidates who have a NS clearance with CTS ongoing. The security regulations covering the duties of this post require CTS clearance to fulfil those duties.

Requirements

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in Palo Alto Networks Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks Panorama for Enterprise level deployments
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in firewall installation and management of other vendors
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in scripting (Bash, Python, Ansible)
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in network protocols and traffic analysis
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in troubleshooting complex network security issues
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in LAN/WAN networking including protocol network architecture, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 5 years) in TCP/IP protocols and services
• Knowledge of *nix-based Operating Systems
• Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly and successfully articulate complex issues to a variety of audiences and teams

In addition to the above, it is desirable for the contracted individual to have working experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Understanding of Information Security Practices; relating to the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information (CIA triad.)
• Previous work in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
• Possession of Industry leading certification in the area of Cybersecurity such as CISSP, CISM, MCSE/S, CISA, GSNA, SANS GIAC