Cyber Security Engineer

About this role

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