Firewall Specialist

Brooklyn, NY – Onsite

Responsibilities :

Firewalls and Network – Next-Gen Firewall, Routing and Defensive Security, DNS, DDOS: design, implementation, and configuration.

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 and while adhering to the client’s best practices guidelines.

Collaborate with the client’s Architect teams for developing operable solutions for client's requirements.

Complete all requirements for installing new network or firewall devices.

Follow the client's process for new devices provisioning of integrated systems.

Configure ports, configure firewalls, and apply the base templates configurations, integrate the appliances into production network.

Develop and validate base configurations for the new firewall.

Follow the client’s 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 on routing, load balancing and networking infrastructure.

Desired 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