Contractor Info Security

1 Year -
10+ years of overall IT experience
6+ years of experience administering checkpoint Firewall environments

Certifications
CCSA or CCSE in R65 or above
CCNA a plus but not required.
MCITP a plus but not required

Looking for a task oriented individual who can focus on a specific project at hand and who can display due diligence in seeing it completed with accuracy and in a timely manner.

Objectives will be time sensitive with minimal variation in deadlines and strict adherence to regulatory guidelines and standards.

This is a Security Analyst position - working directly within the Information Security team with a focus on NERC CIP compliance, network security and incident mitigations, data gathering and tactical operations related to:

User Provisioning
Vulnerability Assessments
Patching/Anti-Virus Mitigation and Support
PAAM (Privileged Account Activity Management)
Identifying required ports and services for Firewall rule determination and assessment

Additional Day to day duties

- Network and host based identification, application cataloging, port scanning, Firewall rule review.
- Gather information from business units and third party vendors to use as evidence in the overall project plan.
- Work with Network Security Architects to accomplish goals and task which are being driven by audit and compliance standards and procedures.

Experience

- Experience with Checkpoint Firewall's specifically R70 and above plus real world experience with Software Blade technology.
- Good understanding of networking in general, Layer 2 and Layer 3 recognition. Knowledge of network segmentation, groupings, and access control.
- Windows administration and host level network troubleshooting. A good knowledge of windows ports and services with an emphasis on process identification and mapping (procmon, tcp-view, process Explorer etc..)
- Experience with network scanning utilities such as port scanners, SNMP mib browsers, Telnet, netcat etc..
- Effective verbal and written skills with extreme focus on detail and accuracy. Experience working with outside vendors, contractors and business partners on both a technical and customer service level.
- Good research and auditing capabilities to correlate best practices with current implementations, use requirements to validate findings and help identify issues and suggest possible solutions or mitigations.

Reporting:
Ad-Hoc network environmental reporting
Quarterly, Bi-Annual and Annual network reports
Service Desk Ticket reporting