Senior Proofpoint Messaging Security Engineer

This is a 12-month contract position based in Washington, Washington, US. You will lead the migration from on-premises IronPort email security appliances to Proofpoint cloud-based email security, ensuring a seamless transition with minimal disruption to email services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration from on-premises IronPort email security appliances to Proofpoint cloud-based email security
• Design, configure, implement, and maintain Proofpoint as an enterprise email security service
• Configure Proofpoint firewall rules and maintain email block lists
• Respond to requests to quarantine, release, and manage emails within Proofpoint
• Troubleshoot complex enterprise email security and messaging issues
• Support enterprise messaging infrastructure and mail flow operations

Qualifications

• Required
• Expert-level experience designing, configuring, implementing, and maintaining Proofpoint as an enterprise email security service
• Strong experience configuring Proofpoint firewall rules and maintaining email block lists
• Experience responding to requests to quarantine, release, and manage emails within Proofpoint
• Deep understanding of Mail Transfer Agents (MTA) and Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway
• Hands-on experience with Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway 8.x
• Strong experience with Linux Server environments
• Experience with VMware/virtualized environments
• Ability to troubleshoot complex enterprise email security and messaging issues
• Strong understanding of email security architecture, mail flow, filtering, quarantine management, and enterprise messaging infrastructure