Network Security Administrator II - Firewall Specialist
Network Security Administrator II - Firewall Specialist
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Digital Hands is an innovative Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) with a mission to protect customer data and make technology available productive and secure with the strongest talent in the cyber industry. Members of the Digital Hands Team work with leading technologies and protect a dynamic set of enterpriseclass customers including bestknown brands in the hospitality financial manufacturing and communications industries. Digital Hands employees enjoy competitive compensation and benefits training opportunities personal skills development and opportunities for professional advancement across the organization.
Digital Hands is comprised of innovators leading from the front fueled by a desire to achieve test new boundaries and a determination to do whatever it takes to get there first every time. Ideal candidates believe in the mission and vision of the company and have a genuine love for what they do. At Digital Hands we take ownership obsess over our promises anticipate our customers needs. and get ahead of every threat so that our customers can focus on their business with the peace of mind that only comes from knowing their cyberworld is secure.
* This is an onsite fulltime position at our Tampa Headquarters or Raleigh North Carolina.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Working within the Digital Hands Security Operations Center (SOC) the Network Security Administrator II Firewall Specialist is responsible for a broad range of firewall management tasks including daily administration advanced support for systems and applications handling of Move/Add/Change/Delete requests perform installations and upgrades and primary liaisons for vendor support on behalf of the customer.
This position is a technical role requiring a high level of handson experience including a thorough understanding of all aspects of computer network and application security in a very fastpaced services organization. The right candidate must possess proven experience implementing and maintaining a variety of firewall technologies specifically Palo Alto products and Fortinet FortiGate. Check Point and Cisco firewall product experience is a plus.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Monitor deploy changes supportandhandle daytoday firewall rule deployments and firewall hardware/software refresh activities.
- Analyzerecommendanddeployfirewall solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the businessand continuous improvements.
- Identifyemerging issues and trends to inform decisionmaking.
- Conduct independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues around firewall policies and hardware/software refresh.
- Participate in customer implementation/onboarding of related security controls monitoring and/or management.
- Monitor and track performance and addresses any issues related to firewalls and rule policies.
- Provide end to end technology support including computer applications network and storage and rootcause analysis etc.
- Participate in new technology releases as applicable to firewall.
- Attend internal and customer meetings as required to provide technical expertiseand serves as a subject matter expert on network firewallrelated matters.
- Analyze network security requirements and implement perimeter security changes.
- CollaboratewithcustomersITandsecuritydepartments.
- Collaboratewithvendorsupportforsecuritysolutions.
- Collaboratewithinternaldepartments.
- Maintainhealthandperformanceofsecuritysolutions.
- Applylatestsecurity patches and ensureproper defenses are implemented.
- Optimize customer network and security postures.
- Performsecurityassessmentsandvulnerabilityscans.
- Createalertswithinsolutionstotriggeroperationaleventsoractions.
- Createalertswithinmonitoringsolutionstotriggerhealthandperformancealerts.
- Createmonthlysecurityreportsforcustomers.
- Createandmaintaindashboardsformonitoringsolutions.
- Participateinbusinesscontinuityplanningandtesting.
- Participate in the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) associated with managed systems and applications.
- Participate in oncall rotation.
- Performotherdutiesasassigned.
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelorsdegreeincomputerscienceorrelatedfield;orequivalentexperience.
- 2yearsofexperienceinSecurityAdministrationpreferablyworkingwithinanMSSP.
- 5 years handson experience with Web Application Firewalls; F5 and Zscaler.
- 5yearsofhandson firewall experiencepreferablywith multiple firewall products such asPalo Alto FortinetCheckPoint CiscoandJuniper.
- Musthaveprovenexperienceimplementingmaintainingandwritingpolicieswithinfirewalltechnologies.
- Extensive experience with policy management and rule deployment.
- Knowledge of firewall rule policy optimizations and remediations.
- OperatingsystemsknowledgeandsystemsadministrationskillsforvariousversionsofUNIXLINUXandWindowsandWindowsServer.
- ProfessionalcertificationssuchasCCSACCSECCNACCNP Security PCNSAPCNSENSE 4 NSE 5NetworkSecurityare highly desired.
- Strongknowledgeofpoliciesproceduresauditsandriskmanagement.
- Deep understanding of network and security protocols (SSL DNS IPSEC NATetc).
- Experienceininformationsecurityideallyinmultiplatformenvironmentspreferred.
- Experiencewithanalyzingsecurityattacksandexploits.
- Experience with SDN and SASE.
- Experience with SDWAN Technologies.
- Basicunderstandingofprogrammingconceptsandcode.
- AccessControlConceptsMethodologiesandTechniques.
- Experienceintheevaluationofnewtechnologyandsecuritythreatsastheyarise.
- Familiaritywithinformationsecuritybestpractices.
- Demonstrateddocumentationskillsincludingcreationofprojectmetricreportsandthecreationofcommunicationplansandchangecontroldocuments.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED:
- HighlevelofinterestinsecurityandtheneedfortheConfidentialityIntegrityandAvailabilityofinformationandinformationsystemstobemaintained.
- Highlevelofintegrityjudgmentandsituationalawareness.
- Promoter of crossteamcollaboration and growth.
- Excellent verbalandwritten communication skills.
- Excellentanalyticalreasoning creative problem solving problem sensitivity.
- Excellentpresentationandlisteningskills.
- Excellentorganizationalandtimemanagementskillsandtheabilitytoprioritize.
- Flexibilityandadaptabilitytochange.
- Excellentcustomerserviceskills.
Digital Hands is dedicated to a diverse and inclusive workplace and culture and proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability genetic information political views or activity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Digital Hands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please contact us at .
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Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full Time
