Firewall Administrator
Position Description
Firewall Administrator works under the direction of a Principal Network Systems Administrator (PNSA) Supervisor who manages and oversees all aspects of work for the Enterprise Network. Firewall Administrator’s job is to ensure that company networks align with business goals and objectives as well as the ability to problem solve and think critically. Firewall Administrator is responsible for overseeing an organization’s computer systems or database networks to ensure proper maintenance and security. Firewall Administrator duties include working with other network professionals and IT staff to update cyber security measures, install hardware or software devices and troubleshoot problems. The Firewall Administrator also works with company employees to identify network or computer system needs, overseeing the installation of new hardware or software and using employee feedback to isolate issues.
Skills Required
- Customer service
- Decision making
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership
- Organizational awareness
- Problem solving, reasoning
- Team building
- Oral communication, speaking and writing
- Business process, project management
- Quality assurance
- Requirements analysis and risk management
- Configuration, data, and information management
- Information resources strategy and planning
- Information technology architecture
- Information technology performance assessment
- Technology awareness
- Cisco ATA
- Cisco ACI
- Cisco APIC
- Cisco Prime
- Cisco VoIP Call Manager
- CACTI
- eCloud
- Elastic Search
- ITM
- Open NMS
- nGenius
- MVISION
- NetScout
- SCOM
- UTR
- StruxureWare
- SecureWorks WAF (WAN App FW) toolset
- Wireshark
- Web CTRL
Skills Preferred
- Flexible schedule to support out of hours upgrades/patches/etc. and rotating on-call schedule with team mates.
- Ability to quickly learn and find technical information quickly to resolve problems. Ability to be on camera for all meetings, working sessions, etc., as requested.
- Ability to work with outside vendors for additional support tasks.
Experience Required
- Minimum of five (5) years of broad knowledge of networking services and common networking protocols, have computer proficiency and understanding of various types of hardware, and increasingly responsible Information Technology skills to include Cisco competencies;
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience within the last four (4) in the capacity of a Network Systems Administrator or similar role;
- Must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience within the last four (4) years in a security monitoring role.
Experience Preferred
- Firewall engineering and operations with primary experience in Cisco FWs
- Daily tasks include configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Cisco ASA and FirePower firewalls
- Experience in configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting ACLs, S2S VPNs, BGP connections, IPSec, routing, optimizing/tuning, etc. in multi-context mode
- Experience using Command Line Interface (CLI) for most tasks
- Experience using the Firewall Management Console (FMC)
- Configures, manages, maintains, and troubleshoots Cisco FirePower Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs)
- Works with the Datacenter Engineers and Security teams to add routes, troubleshoot complex networking issues, make recommendations on configurations, etc.
Education Required
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field.