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Senior Firewall Engineer | 21219

On-site Training Richmond, VA

Direct Hire

No C2C Candidates

Responsibilities:

• Implementing and overseeing firewall policies based on input from the Information Security Team.
• Liaison between Information Security and Networking teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Collaborating with the Project Management Office and application system owners to guide system designers on firewall requirements and document system communication flows affecting firewall configurations.
• Advising business partners on B2B VPN requirements and documenting VPN configurations and communication flows. Maintaining up-to-date system communication design documents for all systems traversing firewalls.
• Assisting other teams in troubleshooting systems by analyzing firewall logs and interpreting TCP/IP packet captures.
• Ensuring all firewall appliances are current with OS versions, anti-virus signatures, applications, threat databases, Wildfire, and associated licenses.
• Staying informed about emerging firewall technologies, evaluating new features, and providing recommendations to IT management. Performing firewall hardware break/fix replacements and upgrades as needed.
• Monitoring Service Desk incident and request tickets, taking ownership of or delegating firewall issues to appropriate personnel. Participating as an active member of the Technical Review Board and Change Advisory Board for system change management. Initiating effective communication with all Information Technology areas to ensure information is disseminated effectively for planning, decision-making, and other management needs.
• Maintaining clear communication and effective relations with all health system departments, users, and user groups.
• Conduct research on firewall network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts
• Establish connectivity and uptime service level agreements
• Knowledgeable about and supportive of Administrative Procedures and directives

Experience:

• Six (6) or more years experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls is required, preferably in the healthcare industry. PCNSE certification preferred.
• On hand technical knowledge or networking systems, protocols, firewalls, load balancers, and VPN technologies -
• Experienced with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools - Cisco CCNA certification or equivalent demonstrated knowledge is preferred. - Two (2) or more years of team leadership preferred. -
• Proficiency in recording and interpreting TCP/IP packet captures is required. - Relevant Microsoft certifications
• Skills in automation languages are a plus: python, java, perl, etc

Nice to Have:

• SDWAN experience
• Prisma experience

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