Princ Engr-Ntwk Engring

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What youll be doing...

• Supporting the day-to-day operations; this involves engaging both internal and external stakeholders at times utilizing a dotted-line leadership approach

• Working closely with other IT teams business partners and external vendors to onboard new Firewall and VPN connections and support ongoing business requirements.

• Administering firewall policies access control lists (ACLs) network address translation (NAT) and security rulesets within Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) and ASDM.

• Experience with an enterprise FPM (Firewall Policy Management ) system for operation support across all enterprise Firewall complexes.

• Supporting the architecture configuration and deployment of secure and scalable site-to-site IPsec VPN tunnels on Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) platforms.

• Acting as the primary escalation point for resolving complex Firewall and VPN connectivity and performance issues. This will require utilizing packet captures and diagnostic tools to troubleshoot and identify root causes.

• Performing regular maintenance patching and software upgrades for all firewall and VPN hardware and software to mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure optimal performance.

• Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for Firewall and VPN configurations network diagrams and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Evaluating and making recommendations on security tools and technologies needed within our environment

• Supporting technology implementations and migrations including the deployment of a new Firewall Policy Management tool.

• Monitoring VPN tunnel status traffic flow and security events; this includes analyzing logs and performance metrics to ensure network integrity and availability.

• Ensuring gaps in traffic and processes are socialized with Cyber Security stakeholders; this includes identifying dependencies recommendations and collaborating to mitigate threats.

• Reviewing outcomes of incident lessons learned root cause analysis and on-demand compliance audits to ensure repeatable and sustainable processes are established followed or adjusted when necessary.

• Developing and executing long-term and short-term strategic goals and ensuring proper updates are socialized to appropriate stakeholders.

• Mentoring and training peers and security professionals in order to build and maintain skills and techniques needed to produce quality and consistency analysis. This includes hosting focused training sessions to teach new and specialized skill sets.

• Promoting an environment of collaboration and individual accountability when it comes to problem-solving decision-making and process improvements.

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience or specialized training.

• Four or more years of experience in a network security role with a focus on firewalls and VPNs.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Expert-level proficiency with Cisco ASA firewalls including CLI configuration of IKEv1/IKEv2 IPsec VPNs NAT and complex ACLs.

• Experience with using Checkpoint Smartconsole and Palo Alto Panorama to configure and push firewall policies.

• Strong demonstrable experience with the Cisco Firepower (FTD) platform and Firepower Management Center (FMC) including policy configuration device management and troubleshooting.

• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP routing protocols (BGP OSPF) and network security principles.

• Experience with Tufin FPM for maintaining Firewall rules and policies.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex network and security issues methodically and effectively.

• Experience with data analytical tools such as Splunk Elasticsearch or Hadoop

• Comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity network defense and investigative frameworks (such as NIST 800-53 and CSF 2.0 ISO 27000 series MITRE ATT&CK Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain etc.) into network defense processes

• Certifications like: Network Security CISSP

Where youll be working

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Equal Employment Opportunity

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