Security Consultant

Security Consultant

Location: Dallas TX (Need locals, Day 1 Onsite - There will be F2F interview with client.)
Duration: 12 months contract

Technical Skill Set
Must have hands-on experience in Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, Cisco FTD, Cisco ASA, FXOS, and Cisco ISE.
Full understanding of Palo Alto Firewall concepts like Security Zones, Security policy ordering, Searching and Sorting Audit logs, Address Sets, negated addresses, User Roles and tables, route-based policies, address-books, Application traffic control etc.
Must have hand on Cisco ISE for VPN authentication, AAA, policy creation.
Understanding and experience with routing protocols
Handson Skill on handling Security Incidents and plan mitigation.
Good understanding of Symantec DLP
Should have good understanding and extensive hands-on experience on various security technologies including Firewalls, VPN's, IDS/IPS, end point security solutions (AV, HIPS, Hard Disk Encryption), strong Authentication products (RSA SecurID), Content Security Gateways (Cisco IronPort Web/Mail Security Gateways), Cisco ISE, TACACS/AAA solutions. Hands on experience in more than one technology is preferred
Understanding of F5 load balancers.
Should have good presentation skills - shall be able to participate the review meetings and be able put across the points of concern
Should have Capability to conduct risk analysis, impact analysis, dependencies on customer/internal teams,
Knowledge and experience of working with ITIL (Information Technical Infrastructure Library) Processes

Non-Technical Responsibilities
. Coordinate with other team members for availability of capable resource
. Ensure quality work - review and validate the technical configuration changes
Coordinate with COE (Centers Of Excellence) resources for resolution of technical issues/problems before escalation to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers)

Technical Responsibilities
Configuration of Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls
Articulate or highlight risks/dependencies
Participation in an on-call support rotation required
Firewall Auditing and review access control lists and updating firewalls as needed
Interacting with various teams in managing the log management solution.
Adhering to high-quality standards and best practices, high performance, and scalable, repeatable processes and deliverables in accordance with applicable regulations
Analyze, troubleshoot, and investigate network security-related incident based on security platform reporting, network traffic, log files, host-based and automated security alerts
Evaluate systems using vulnerability scanners and manual techniques to verify system security settings and configurations