Cyber Security Analyst

Job Title: Cyber Security Analyst

Location: New York, NY

Contract: 9 months

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for all corporate and enclave firewalls, application delivery controllers, RADIUS, RSA.
• Develop and implement firewall changes for supported networks
• Evaluate requested changes for possible Cyber-Security Threats
• Provide 3rd level support to troubleshoot networking issues.
• Interact with support-customers to resolve issues and provide solutions as required.
• Provide off-hour support as operational needs dictate. The candidate must be available for rotating weekly on-call shifts (24 hour on-call support) with other members in the group.
• Lead and / or manage projects of various priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide Design Consultation for projects for firewall necessity and configuration.
• Develop and execute disaster recovery and test plans for all supported devices.
• Prepare support documentation for the for 1st and 2nd level support groups.
• Document and/or revise administration procedures for security, configuration, operation, and administration of devices.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or related field with at least 3-5 years work experience in an enterprise IT environment.
• Authentication services (AAA policies / Radius and RSA authentication connections)
• Firewall image upgrade planning and implementation
• IDS/IPS profiles
• Imaging and restoration of firewalls from root layer
• IPSEC VPNs with between local Cisco and FortiGate firewalls as well as external dissimilar vendor model firewalls/routers.
• Logical and virtual interfaces for networks sharing security levels.
• SNMP monitoring and alert profiles
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required.
• The candidate must be knowledgeable of Information Security networking best practices and be able to evaluate design requests for Cyber Security threats.
• The candidate must have extensive experience with firewall administration, upgrades, backups, configuration, and diagnostics.
• The candidate must possess excellent project management, technical writing and oral communication skills.
• The candidate must possess excellent technical skills, particularly regarding Network Diagnostics, Firewall operations and deployments (Cisco and/or Fortinet mandatory).
• This individual must demonstrate the ability to exercise independent judgment, manage complex projects, represent the organization in dealings with customers and vendors, and render sound business decisions.