Security Systems Firewall Administrator - Secureworks - Phoenix, AZ

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Security Systems Firewall Administrator – SecureWorks – Phoenix, AZ

Security, Risk & Consulting (SRC) Group

SecureWorks is a market leader in information security services with more than 4,000 clients worldwide spanning North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. Organizations of all sizes, across all industries rely on SecureWorks to protect their assets, improve compliance and reduce costs. The combination of strong client service, award-winning security technology and experienced security professionals makes SecureWorks the premier provider of information security services for any organization. Positioned as a leader of the MSSP industry by several global industry analyst firms, SecureWorks also has received SC Magazine’s “Best Managed Security Service” award and Frost and Sullivan’s North America Security Incident Mitigation and Response Client Value Leadership Award, among others.

This job will be performed on site at the Customer location in Phoenix, Arizona

Role Responsibilities

-Responsible for acting as trusted security advisor to the customer

-Participate in project efforts where firewall requirements are needed

-Responsible for understanding customer’s culture, security strategies, security goals, security objectives, and security capabilities. Responsible for integrating that understanding into daily work related to customer's services

-Reviews, prioritizes, and recommends information security improvements as they relate to the achievement of the customer’s business goals and objectives.

-Responsible for evolving and improving security posture of the customer’s connectivity strategy including the internet, business partners, remote offices, and remote employees.

-Maintain knowledge of outstanding development issues and communicate development roadmap to the customer as appropriate.

-Apply and maintain firewall hardware and firewall rule-sets

-Participate in change management processes for firewall changes

-Assist in troubleshooting network connectivity problems

-Detect and identify vulnerabilities in systems, network devices, etc.

-Maintain knowledge of current security trends and be able to clearly communicate them to customer

-Work with customer to assist with technical security escalations

-Keep customer abreast of problem status, set clear expectations, provide timely follow-up to customer, and independently handle challenging customer situations on a daily basis

-Assist in preparing and updating documentation, including installation guides, user guides, DR plans, Visio maps, configure backups, etc.

-Implement and maintain firewall and load balancing technology

-Install firewall IOS and firmware patches

-Prepare DR mechanisms and conduct failover testing

-Support project managers and team leaders in accomplishing customer goals

-Work effectively across functional teams, at SecureWorks and with Customer

-Various other duties as needed by customer

 As a managed security provider, Dell SecureWorks expects its employees to understand and apply commonly known security practices and possess a working knowledge of applicable industry controls such as NIST 800-53. Employees will be expected to acknowledge their security responsibilities in writing prior to gaining access to company systems. Employees will be required to maintain a working knowledge of local security policies and execute general controls as assigned.

Requirements

·  Minimum of 3 years of Cisco ASA Firewall Administration experience
·  Minimum of 1 years of Palo Alto Firewall Administration

Preferences

·  Experience in Unix/Linux OS strongly preferred
·  F5 application delivery experience
·  Experience with coding (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.) is preferred
·  Working knowledge/experience of network systems, security principles and applications, packet sniffing technologies, etc.
·  Attention to importance of arriving to/from work on time, time management and being available during off hours for on call, project needs, or planned changes.
·  Self-starter; ability to motivate others; assist and mentor junior team members

This position is located in Phoenix, AZ.

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