Security Consulting Engineer

GDT employs the most talented, tenured and certified professionals in the industry. We have always maintained a customer- first business model, which has helped transform our organization into one of the industry’s innovator, solution providers, and shared service experts.  Be the solution. Keep clients happy.  Provide intellectual value. Consistency. Be sticky.  Help your fellow GDT-ers.  Teach.  Mentor.  Lend a hand.  Grow.  Be professional, be engaged. ALWAYS.

Job Summary:

The Professional Services Security Consulting Engineer will have deep technical expertise with design and troubleshooting and recommending solutions and/or process changes.  The Security Consulting Engineer's role within our organization is someone that acts independently to determine and develop approaches to solutions, has general knowledge of other related disciplines, and interacts frequently with multiple organizations, levels of leadership and external customers. General understanding of PS business metrics and drivers to help shape client solution approach and team development.  Additionally, provides strong PM input to help shape and guide projects while mentoring junior resources to eventually do the same.

Key Responsibilities:

· While maintaining big picture focus for client, the Security Consulting Engineer will regularly work independently on all aspects of customer engagements to successful completion without supervision.

· Responsibilities include oversight of the design, development, implementation and analysis of security architectures such as: Cisco NGFW, Palo Alto Strata, Network Access Control (e.g., ISE, ClearPass), Palo Alto Prisma Access, and F5 Networks etc.

· Act as the primary point of contact for customers and vendors throughout project or program.

· Typical tasks may include greenfield implementation, migrations, break/fix, upgrades, loading software maintenance releases.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Extensive understanding of complex network design.

· Excellent communication skills. 

· Strong engineering and operational experience in large enterprise networks.

· Exceptional at multi-tasking, time management, and remaining flexible in a highly dynamic environment. 

· Requires strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to interact with customers while presenting complex technical issues.

· Needs to have good cross-functional understanding of technical architectures outside targeted domain to account for required integration points.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, computer science, or related field is preferred

Experience: Enterprise Networking, Network Security, and or Application Delivery.

Certifications:

· Must hold active certifications in one or more of the following certifications:

o   CCNP Enterprise

o   CCNP Security

o   CCIE Security

o   Palo Alto PCNSE

o   Palo Alto PCSFE

GDT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, marital status, gender identity or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.