Security/Firewall Architect

Location: Dallas, TX, us

Company Description

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.

With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.

Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:

• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy

Specialties:

• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

Job Description

Security/Firewall Architect

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Security/Firewall Architect for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX.

Security/Firewall Architect Job Duties

• Translate business requirements into technical architectures, frameworks and solution configurations for internal and MSSP customers.
• Provide engineering and operational support for internal and external customers using a Service Desk approach.
• Performing continuous process improvement across security architecture, engineering, and operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in Information Technology, providing operational and engineering support.
  
• Hands-on experience with Juniper, Cisco, and Check Point firewalls. Palo Alto a plus.
  
• 5 years’ experience using formal ticketing system (Remedy, CA USD)
  
• Ability to create data flow diagrams from business requirements.
  
• Advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 Packet Analysis *
  
• Checkpoint, Cisco and Juniper Multi-Services Platforms *
  
• Create process documentation *
  
• Current on network security trends, applications/software/issues *
  
• Evaluate and Implement customer move, add, change, delete requests *
  
• Firewall *
  
• Firewalls TCP/IP *
  
• Identify security incidents and support client remediation *
  
• Information Security standards and practices *
  
• Internet security *
  
• LAN and or WAN routers and switches *
  
• Network security *
  
• Risk analysis *
  
• Routing protocols - BGP - OSPF - STP - IPV6 - MPLS *
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues *
  
• Troubleshoot end to end network connectivity using command line tools *
  
• Blue Coat Proxy *
  
• Checkpoint advanced firewall solution design - implementation and administration *
  
• Checkpoint NG *
  
• Cisco IDS - IPS / Intrusion Detection *
  
• Cisco PIX firewall *
  
• CISSP Certification *
  
• Firewall acceleration and load balancing technologies *
  
• Juniper - Netscreen / Juniper Firewalls *
  
• Client brick firewall *
  
• Security architectures * • Security certification *
  
• VPN *
  
• Able to read, write, analyze firewall policies.
  
• Able to use CA USD in ITIL framework to support requests and work.
  
• Able to read, write Access Control Lists.
  
• Able to perform security control optimization using one of the following: Tufin, Skybox, FireMon or AlgoSec.
  
• Experience with Microsoft Visio.
• Experience with Layer 3 networking, able to understand complex routing and NAT.
  
• Experience with protocol capture, trace, and decode via TCPDUMP and/or Wireshark.
  
• Able to perform on-call and after hours changes as required to support internal and external customers.
  
• Experience with PCI-DSS governance and compliance framework.
  

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Can't work on H1B and C2C