Senior Firewall Administrator

We are seeking a skilled Senior Firewall Administrator to join our Randstad Digital clients team in Washington D.C. In this role you will play a crucial part in supporting the service owner and leading security technology delivery. Your responsibilities will include evaluating and recommending hardware and software systems for security functions conducting security assessments tracking security metrics and collaborating with crossfunctional teams to incorporate security best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the service owner and potentially serve as a service offering lead in delivering security technologies.
• Lead the evaluation and recommendation of hardware and software systems for security functions.
• Conduct security assessments of technology systems and recommend changes to ensure compliance with standards policies guidelines strategies and best security practices.
• Generate collect and track security metrics develop scorecards and communicate results to technology leadership.
• Participate in planning sessions for projects and new technologies to drive process improvements within the functional area. Document discussions and agreements facilitate gate reviews change advisory boards and IT operational meetings.
• Promote continuous learning and sharing of advanced skills and practices that enhance team excellence.
• Build relationships with developers stakeholders security champions and scrum masters to integrate security principles into engineering designs and deployments.
• Develop and uphold CI/CD security strategies and practices in collaboration with other technical team leads.
• Create services and tools that enable developers and engineers to easily utilize security components produced by the security team supporting early incorporation of security throughout the development lifecycle (shift left).
• Identify vulnerabilities in code through automated and manual assessments and advocate for prompt remediation.
• Stay updated with the latest tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) through research and collaboration and work with colleagues to assess risk and implement/validate controls.
• Assess process improvement needs using a structured requirements process and provide guidance on priorities and options.
• Lead quality testing activities and validate test completeness in preparation for golive.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of ICS/SCADA cybersecurity concerns.
• Provide subject matter expertise to resolve problems manage security incidents and conduct forensic investigations.
• Possess a basic understanding of the TCP/IP stack and have handson experience securing LAN WAN VPN and wireless environments for large organizations.
• Handson experience in maintaining upgrading testing and implementing firewall configuration changes with the ability to assess the impacts of changes on applications and related systems.
• Familiarity with and ability to investigate Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Protocolbased Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) alerts.
• Develop and update technical documentation including network architecture texts diagrams security plans controls and risk assessments.
• Be flexible to work nights weekends and holidays as needed to support planned and unplanned network maintenance and troubleshooting events.

If you are a seasoned Firewall Administrator looking for an exciting longterm contract opportunity with a leading Randstad Digital client in the heart of Washington D.C. we encourage you to apply. Join our team and contribute to our ongoing commitment to security excellence.