Firewall Engineer (Onsite - Chattanooga, TN)

Tasks

• Implement, support and maintain all aspects related to Palo Alto, Fortigate and Juniper firewalls at an enterprise level.
• Support the design, architecture and build of firewall configurations across various geographic locations.
• Work with internal network and security organizations for configuration and installation work.
• Periodic interaction with service providers to establish VPN tunnels and/or dedicated circuits.
• Flexibility to work outside normal business hours to support change windows.

Responsibilities

• Primary contact for deployment of Palo Alto and Fortigate firewalls.
• Review, configure and deploy firewall changes and new hardware based on requirements.
• Analyze existing firewall configuration for improvement, optimization and automation.
• Manage and perform upgrades based on lifecycle and application alerts/notifications (e.g. security bulletins).
• Independently follow procedures to contain, analyze, eradicate, and develop sustainable monitoring for malicious activity.
• Support system architecture or system components required that meet both user needs while maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability at all times.
• Document and address organization's information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
• Define and document how the implementation of a new system or new interfaces between systems impacts the security posture of the current environment.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and creative analysis techniques in distilling test results, eliminating false positives and providing actionable recommendations for mitigation.
• Perform other official duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Required: Bachelor’s Degree or a combination of formal education and work experience equaling a Bachelor’s Degree. Prefered: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Technology or Computer Science.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience: Security Operations, Data Security/Privacy.
• Skills: Excellent verbal, written, and other interpersonal communication skills-ability to convey complex technical concepts effectively to a variety of audiences. Outstanding team and collaboration skills. Solid analytical/problem solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Conceptual thinking skills. Influencing and negotiation skills. Integration - joining people, processes or systems.

Physical Requirements

• This job operates in an office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, cameras, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to talk, hear, walk, sit, stand, climb stairs on occasion with extended periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to work effectively and complete tasks in an open office/noisy environment.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time while traveling in a car or airplane.