Security consultant

Technical skill set

• Must have hands on experience with Cisco ASA, FXOS, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
• 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