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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
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The Firewall Engineering Architect provides senior-level technical leadership and architectural oversight for NASA’s enterprise security and network modernization initiatives. This role is central to the Firewall Engineering domain, where the architect leads a team in designing, evolving, and optimizing firewall, IDS/IPS, and perimeter protection services across LAN, WAN, Mission Network, and cloud-connected environments. Key responsibilities include developing modernization roadmaps, managing rule lifecycle policies, overseeing large-scale migrations, and driving innovation in automation, SDN-based security, and cloud-native firewalls. The role requires expertise in next-generation firewall platforms such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, and Juniper. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of network architecture, routing, switching, zero-trust principles, and segmentation strategies to solve complex security challenges while ensuring alignment with mission-security and risk management requirements across high-visibility infrastructure programs.