Cyber Security Engineer

A Fortune 50 financial services company is seeking a highly motivated Cyber Security Engineer to join their team in the McLean, Virginia area.

Responsibilities

• Translate Zero Trust requirements into detailed firewall rule requests
• Submit requests including:
  • Source identities (users, groups, roles)
  • Destination applications/services
  • Ports, protocols, and application IDs
• Ensure all requests meet firewall engineering standards and technical requirements
• Act as the primary liaison between Zero Trust, IAM, firewall engineering, and application teams
• Track firewall requests from submission through completion
• Resolve implementation questions and discrepancies with engineering teams
• Validate that implemented rules align with approved Zero Trust policies
• Perform testing to confirm:
  • Authorized access works
  • Unauthorized access is blocked
• Identify and remediate misconfigurations, gaps, or policy drift
• Ensure all rules are documented, tagged, and auditable
• Maintain records for compliance, reporting, and governance
• Support ongoing refinement of Zero Trust policies and access controls

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Network Security, Firewall Engineering, Zero Trust, or related Security roles within enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Firewalls (Palo Alto preferred)
• Strong understanding of User-based and Application-aware Firewall policies
• Experience in submitting and managing firewall rule requests in enterprise environments
• Ability to validate implementations and troubleshoot access issues
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple technical teams

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Familiarity with IAM (Entra ID, AD groups, RBAC models)
• Experience integrating firewall rules with application onboarding frameworks
• Knowledge of Audit, Compliance, and Security Reporting