Senior Systems Analyst

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.
• 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 Technical Skills:

• 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.
• Must be knowledgeable of Information Security networking best practices and be able to evaluate design requests for Cyber Security threats.
• Must have extensive experience with firewall administration, upgrades, backups, configuration, and diagnostics.
• Must possess excellent project management, technical writing and oral communication skills.
• Must possess excellent technical skills, particularly regarding Network Diagnostics, Firewall operations and deployments (Cisco and / or Fortinet mandatory).
• 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.
• VIPs and NAT for external interfaces.
• Vulnerability review of hardware. 
• AAA systems (RSA, RADIUS)
• Centralized Management Tools (Cisco Systems Manager, FortiManager)
• Cloud Systems Integration (ex. Azure)
• NGFW Threat Management Tools (ex. web-filtering, application filtering)
• Scripting / Automation