Cisco Network Security Consultant

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Title:
Cisco Network Security Consultant

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Location:
Ft. Worth, TX 76102

Job Description:

Assists with the design, development, and maintenance of the computer and network infrastructure. Typically has at least 3 years of experience and a professional degree. Expert in supporting Checkpoint/Solaris firewalls in a high-availability enterprise environment. Excellent customer service experience is highly desired to fit the culture. Strong Checkpoint, Solaris, and Cisco network skills are required.

The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience in Network Security technology architecture design, evaluation, deployment, or support that addresses one or more of the following security areas:

• Vulnerability Assessment

Provide operational support and maintenance of Cisco Security Technologies. The successful candidate will have experience configuring, supporting, and maintaining Cisco ASAs configured to provide Firewall services, VPN Services, and IPS services.

• Require excellent communication skills as this position will interface with both the customer and other IT and Non-IT organizations within the business.
• Customer-first attitude.
• Ability to work in inter-departmental and intra-departmental collaborative team environments.
• Ability to deploy new Firewalls with and without the use of configuration templates.
• Ability to add, change, and delete firewall access lists.
• Understand the order of NAT operations and be able to implement various types of NAT (PAT, Static NAT, NAT exemption, etc.).
• Troubleshoot Firewall access issues through the use of Enterprise Log Management Tool.
• Perform Intrusion Prevention System signature updates and signature filtering.
• Configure SSL VPN groups and authentication methods.
• Candidate should have a firm understanding of Multiple Context technology and its limitations; hands-on experience is preferred.
• Experience with Cisco Security Manager is desired.
• Experience with Firemon is desired.
• Generation of technology documentation and diagramming with tools such as Visio.
• Additional security-related tasks as required.

Requirements:

• Require CCNA Security, Cisco Firewall Security Specialist, or Cisco VPN Security Specialist certifications. CCNP Security / CCSP is Preferred.
• Candidate will be required to take a hands-on skill assessment.
• Start date will be 2 weeks after the successful candidate accepts the contract position.

Work Details:

• Work hours are approximately 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM CST.
• Work to be onsite in downtown Fort Worth. Working remote or from home is not available.
• Part of on-call rotation approximately 1 week every month; light duty.
• No travel is anticipated, but should be available for light travel if required (10% or less).
• Availability to perform after-hours and weekend work as required.
• Position Length: 6 – 12 Months minimum. Position is not currently expected to be converted to Full Time.