Firewall Specialist
12 Month Contract - FULLY ONSITE
Brooklyn, NY
SCOPE:
- Firewalls and Network – Next-Gen Firewall, Routing and Defensive Security, DNS, DDOS: design, implementation, and configuration.
TASKS:
- Participate in design meetings and reviews from a security and network perspective on assigned priority projects.
- Propose networking security architecture to meet the business requirements while adhering to best practices guidelines.
- Collaborate with architect teams for developing operable solutions for requirements.
- Complete all requirements for installing new network or firewall devices.
- Follow the process for new devices provisioning of integrated systems.
- Configure ports, configure firewalls, and apply the base templates configurations, integrate the appliances into the production network.
- Develop and validate base configurations for the new firewall.
- Follow established procedures to successfully replace firewalls and firewall rules.
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 12 years of experience in the field of networking, network security, and firewalls.
- Must have hands-on experience with Palo Alto.
- Deep understanding and experience of DNS, NTP, BGP, and other critical infrastructure protocols.
- Must understand BGP, MPLS, OSPF, IS-IS routing protocols in a large environment. Deep understanding of routing, load balancing, and networking infrastructure.
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Hands-on experience in Cisco and Palo Alto firewall technology.
- Additional experience in the field of load balancing.
- Good project management skills.
- Ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects.