Network Security Engineer

IT Security Manager

Work-Experience: 8 years of total IT experience with significant experience in managing a group of professionals to deliver IT security services for client-based environments.

Area of Responsibilities:

• Candidate must be good with Checkpoint, Fortinet, Cisco firewalls and Multi-Domain Security Management
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and solve customer issues
• Implement change requests for managed security customers, providing 2nd & 3rd level troubleshooting support
• Point of technical escalation for Security engineer L1 & L2
• Effective and prompt communications with clients and internal staff/management
• Technical mentorship for security analyst team
• Generate and maintain operational process and training documentation
• Provide input to constantly improve our products and services to add value for our customers and shareholders
• Handle any additional maintenance and/or service related activities as they arise
• Obtain and/or maintain up to date certifications for all products supported
• Analysis, recommendation and implementation of new technologies
• Other duties as assigned
• Experience should include security policy development, security education, network penetration testing, application vulnerability assessments, risk analysis and compliance testing.
• Knowledge of IT security technologies, operating systems, database, routing and switching, and endpoint security solutions
• Knowledge of information security standards (e.g., ISO 17799/27002), rules and regulations related to information security and data confidentiality (e.g., FERPA) and desktop, server, application, database, network security principals for risk identification and analysis.
• Exposed to best practice design & implementation methodology
• Experience with problem and change management processes and applications.
• ASA policy management (making changes to the ACLs, objects, policies)
• Expertise in Site-to-Site VPN, Remote VPN & Proxies.
• Exposure to Juniper, Fortinet, Checkpoint, Palo Alto & Cisco products.

Qualification:

• Bachelors or equivalent experience; preferred Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• Minimum of 4 years hands-on experience with system, network, or security administration including firewall
• Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience including certification with at least 2 of the following; Check Point, Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, Fortinet
• Check Point, Cisco or Fortinet advanced certifications and/or work experience very beneficial
• Relevant certifications in system administration, networking, and/or security
• Ability to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of IP networking, routing & switching, system administration, and information security
• A "make it happen" attitude and approach
• Must possess a high degree of intelligence, competence, maturity, adaptability, resilience, integrity and initiative
• Clear, logical and persuasive communication skills with an ability to work closely with executives and employees at all levels
• Excellent attention to detail
• Genuine passion for information security