Firewall Specialist
: Job Details :

Title: Firewall Specialist Location: Brooklyn, NY- 11201 Duration: 1 Year Hybrid: Tuesday and Friday Work from Home (WFH). Monday, Wednesday, Thursday In the Office. Job Description: Client is recruiting a Security Engineer/Architect who will be required to assist with the design and deployment of firewall security solutions deployed in large, complex networked environments. The architect/engineer must be highly specialized to provide guidance at various stages of planning and implementing secure design, processes, and resilient solutions. This resource will have significant interaction with Infrastructure Management leadership, its engineering and architecture teams, operations team, and datacenter teams. TASKS: 1. Participate in design meetings and reviews from a security and network perspective on assigned priority projects. 2. Propose networking security architecture to meet the business requirements and while adhering to OTI's best practices guidelines. 3. Collaborate with OTI's Architect teams for developing operable solutions for Citywide requirements. 4. Complete all requirements for installing new network or firewall devices. 5. Follow OTI process for new devices provisioning of integrated systems. 6. Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including configuration, administration, deployment, and migration. 7. Experience with Next-Gen Firewalls, Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud, Panorama, and/or Global Protect is also desirable. 8. Follow OTI's established procedures to successfully replace firewalls and firewall rules. 9. Solid understanding of network security, NGFW, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP, and BYOD solutions. MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered. 1. Minimum 13 years of experience in the field of networking, network security and firewalls 2. Must have hands-on experience with Palo Alto 3. Deep understanding and experience of DNS, NTP, BGP and other critical infrastructure protocols. 4. Must understand BGP, MPLS, OSPF, IS-IS routing protocols in a large environment. 5. Deep understanding on routing, load balancing and networking infrastructure. DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: 1. Hands on experience in Cisco, Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewall technology 2. Additional experience in the field of load balancing. 3. Good project management skills 4. Ability to simultaneously work on multiple project