Security Architect

Columbia, SC, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 16 hours ago
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No Travel Required
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Job Details

Skills

  • Check Point Security
  • Cisco Data Center
  • Check Point VSX
  • Cisco Remote Access VPN

Summary

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
• Responsible for elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.
• Research and exploration of user requirements, costs, and benefits in support of documentation required for the demand management process.
• Responsible for analyzing the business needs to identify new processes and process improvements that will meet those needs.
• Documents current business processes and models to define requirements and/or gaps.
• Analyze detailed system factors including input/output requirements, information and paper flow, hardware, and software needs.
• Analyze “soft" system factors including roles, responsibilities, policy, culture, etc.
• Evaluate the impact of potential software and process changes on the organization.
• Develop and facilitate groups as necessary in pursuit of eliciting and defining requirements.
• Assist in the creation of the business case documentation.
• Understanding of architectural consistency and usability standards.
• Defines and develops user test cases and validates test results during testing.
• Executes unit and functional test cases.
• May conduct system demonstrations and training sessions, as well as participate in design/review of training content.
• Plays a third level support role by helping to troubleshoot and resolve issues with production systems.
• Participates in associate meetings and communicates any concerns to management.


QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or another related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience leading data migration requirements from legacy systems into a new ERP (Sage X3) environment
• Strong hands-on expertise in requirements elicitation, documentation, and management, with emphasis on data mapping, transformation rules, and validation
• Deep understanding of data structures, data quality, and migration best practices, with the ability to identify gaps and risks early
• Self-driven and accountable professional with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to drive outcomes with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience in any of the following business areas is desired: Sales operations, order entry, accounting, finance, procurement, warehouse operations, order management, and order fulfillment.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ business analysis or systems analysis experience is preferred.
• Bonus: Sage X3 experience (ERP).


Associate is expected to operate at a proficient level across the following areas of technical knowledge and skill:
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Detail oriented, proactive, creative, and efficient
• Intermediate level abilities in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word
• Familiarity with application integration methods to include understanding of data mapping process.
• Ability to effectively work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work on simultaneous and complex projects, with domain expertise in at least one business area.
• Expertise in ERP solution selection and implementation is a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences in written and non-written format
• Ability to work with all levels of associates
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to learn new systems and tools
• Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• Active listener
• Effective in a variety of formal/informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups.

Job Title: Security Architect

Location: Columbia, SC

Duration: 12 Months

 

Job Description

The Client seeks an experienced engineer that both deploys and administers Check Point security gateways, including VSX. They should have extensive experience configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Check Point firewalls within a complex enterprise environment. This person will be responsible for administering and simplifying the Check Point rulebase, while optimizing its utilization to meet business requirements, and improve visibility while ensuring security best practices are followed.

The Check Point Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing policies to support enterprise security strategies. They must be able to serve as a subject matter expert on Cisco data center network technologies and their interaction with Check Point security gateways. This role requires collaboration with Security, IT, and business stakeholders to test and validate security protections, including IPS, geoblocking, and QoS in addition to day-to-day firewall administration.

 

Job Duties

This engineer will be responsible for deploying, administering and supporting Check Point security gateways, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Cisco ASA to support security requirements and best practices.

 

Must Have/Required Skills:

  • 10+ years of experience deploying and administering Check Point security gateways
  • 10+ years of experience administering and deploying Cisco data center networking products
  • 5+ years of experience administering and deploying Check Point VSX
  • Experience administering and operating Check Point r82
  • Previous or current Check Point and/or Cisco Certifications

 

Preferred/Nice to Have Skills:

  • Experience deploying and administering Cisco Remote Access VPN solutions
  • Experience deploying and administering Cisco FirePower

 

Additional Skills:

  • Ability to communicate and coordinate with identified IT and business stakeholders
  • Ability to train IT staff for ongoing administration of the product
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91124171
  • Position Id: 14004-33923-
  • Posted 16 hours ago
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