This person will be implementing hardening guides within virtual and physical network IT infrastructures in addition to installing, configuring and maintaining firewalls, proxies, IPS, network access controls, and security infrastructure. Document vulnerabilities detected within areas such as third party connections while collaborating with technical teams to resolve any vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The ideal person can prepare technical procedures, standards & network schematics interfacing with stakeholders and technical audiences in an international environment.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
· Plan and implement enterprise networks and related hardware and software in addition to establishing security (firewalls, intrusion detection), connectivity and access parameters.
· Prepare technical procedures, standards & network schematics for firewall infrastructure (CheckPoint & Cisco), proxy technologies (Blue Coat, Cisco IronPort/Umbrella, Zscaler), IPS, and Network Access Control (Cisco ISE).
· Offer tier-2 troubleshooting and support engineering in addition to supporting the evaluation of technical requirements for projects to determine the impact to the infrastructure including equipment redundancy and capacity requirements.
· Configure and maintain virtual network (Cisco) and update in CMDB, diagrams, and network security devices information about third party connections while collaborating with technical teams to take corrective action when necessary.
· Escalate incidents within company and/or with external technical resources when necessary.
· Prepare coverage reports for management review and recognize threats and intrusions by identifying abnormalities and reporting violations.
· Determine security violations and inefficiencies by conducting periodic audits.
· Evaluate applications to discover vulnerabilities and prioritize remediation efforts based on risk.
Education & Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree or experience in relevant field/equivalent work experience
· 4+ years of relevant IT work experience within Security Engineering and Configurations
· Excellent written and verbal communication (both English/Spanish) is required
· Previous experience configuring and managing Cisco and/or CheckPoint firewalls, Cisco ISE, security devices, firewalls, network proxies, IPS/IDS
· Knowledge and previous experience with vulnerability and hardening guide compliance
Desire Requirements (Not Mandatory):
· Highly preferable experience with hardening of network and security devices
· Proven routing and switching experience is highly preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $1.00 - $2.00 per month
Experience:
- Checkpoint: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
