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ECS · 3 hours ago

Senior Check Point Firewall Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $150K/yr

5+ years exp

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. They are seeking a Senior Check Point Firewall Engineer to provide firewall architecture design, administration, and management services to their Federal government client.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureComplianceConsultingCyber SecurityInformation TechnologyMachine LearningSecuritySoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Collaborate with customer staff to design, plan and implement new firewall architectures, upgrades and features as necessary

Lead in the administration of the client's Check Point firewalls to include updates, upgrades, policy administration and validation

Review and implement customer changes consistent with existing policies

Review and update documentation to ensure consistency with current procedures

Manage and tune additional software blades associated with firewall architecture. (IPS, URL, Application Control, AV, Advanced Malware detection)

Willingness to work outside of normal business hours to support outage resolution, planned maintenance or to implement an upgrade

Qualification

Check Point FirewallsSecurity OperationsFirewall RulesNetworking AbilityCheck Point Certification

Required

5+ years of relevant work experience required

Minimum five (5) years of experience configuring and administering Checkpoint Firewalls

In-depth knowledge of security operations, including firewall rules and security policies

Strong networking ability and knowledge of firewall platforms to assist in rapid identification and isolation of issues during incidents and outages

Preferred

Check Point certification(s) (e.g. CCSE or CCSA)

Candidates that are local to the Washington, DC area for occasional on-site datacenter support

Company

ECS

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ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Founded in 2001

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

1001-5000 employees