Firewall Consultant

Firewall Consultant

08 Jan 2024
California, Downey, 90239 Downey USA

Firewall Consultant

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This is a long-term contract with one of our large public sector clients in sunny Southern California. Our client is seeking to obtain the services of a Consultant to assist their Secure Data Center Engineering & Operations (SDCEO) Section with the day-to-day firewall administration related activities as well as other upcoming firewall projects. The Consultant shall perform at the level of an Information Technology Specialist I, and act as the technical lead and consultant on design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the client’s multi-tenant Cisco ASA and Firepower firewall infrastructure. The Firewall Consultant shall administer, design, implement, audit, diagnose, and monitor network Cisco firewall systems for enforcement of security controls.

Description of Duties
  • Provide technical consultation to departmental project teams relating to network firewall (Cisco ASA and Firepower) design, implementation, and security-related development projects.
  • Configure and administer Cisco ASA and Firepower firewalls including Access Control List (ACL), Network Address Translation (NAT), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), IOS software code upgrades, packet analysis, and performance monitoring.
  • Document firewall implementation plans, operating procedures, processes, and configuration of daily tasks as necessary to support the operational activities related to network firewall/VPN infrastructure.
  • Identify, troubleshoot and resolve complex network connectivity.
  • Identify the obsolete or unnecessary configurations including object groups, access control lists, network address translations, SSH clients, and the hosts on all firewall, and create a procedure to remove the findings.
  • Plan and execute the installation of the new network firewalls that will replace the current equipment due to the end-of-life deadline. Also migrate the existing configuration to the new equipment.
  • Provide knowledge transfer to the Firewall Operations Team through training and mentoring.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Must have five (5) years’ networking experience, within the last seven (7) years designing, implementing, upgrading, and troubleshooting Cisco ASA and Firepower firewalls in the enterprise environment.
  • Must have three (3) years’ experience within the last five (5) years engineering, designing, implementing, and maintaining Site-to-Site VPN connections with double NAT using Cisco ASA firewall technology.
  • Must have three (3) years’ experience within the last five (5) years as a senior-level network administrator on layer-2, layer-3 switches, and routers in distributed enterprise deployments including: multi-tiered architecture, virtualization technologies and multi-tenant infrastructure.
  • Must have two (2) years’ experience within the last four (4) years as a technical lead in the cloud based network infrastructure such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
  • Must have a certification of current CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).

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Job Details

  • ID
    JC7960144
  • State
  • City
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    Depends on Experience
  • Hiring Company
    Impex Technologies Inc.
  • Date
    2020-12-29
  • Deadline
    2021-02-27
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