54 applicants

Company

Optiv · 4 hours ago

F5 Consultant | Remote, USA

Houston, Texas

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$90K/yr - $124K/yr

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Participate and occasionally lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.

Participate in all Technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.

Participate in User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts and occasionally leads the efforts.

Design and implement on specific technology build processes, code migration, and source control use of both small and large projects.

Successfully provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.

Effective team communicator.

Mentors less experienced consultants

Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA.

Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification.

Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.

Deliver timely engagements and work closely with Practice Directors to drive training and education, career development and collaboration across the team

Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives

Qualification

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F5 BigIP appliancesCommand line configurationConfiguration migrationF5 administrationMicrosoft OfficeSecurity application deliveryScripting LanguageNetworking TCP/IPNetworking OSIOperating system fundamentalsSecurity technologiesAccess managementApplication programming languagesRegulatory requirements knowledgeCISSPCISMCISAF5-CSE certificationVulnerability assessmentsData classificationIncident responseSecurity policy creationEnterprise security strategiesGovernance

Required

Bachelor's degree and approximately 2-5 years of related work experience.

Approximately 2-5 years of technical architecture experience

Thorough understanding of large scale environments

Strong presentation and verbal communication skills

Process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail, and strong organizational skills

Excellent, detailed writing skills

Expert knowledge of using Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel)

Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas

Well-developed negotiation skills.

Basic understanding of Services organization and key areas of focus.

Ability to build consensus.

Ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel.

Valid driver's license in the US

The successful candidate must hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.

Excellent knowledge and prior experience with security application delivery technologies.

Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX,), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.), access management (SAML, SSO), and application programming/scripting languages (C, Java, Perl, Shell)

Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance issues affecting clients related to privacy and data protection, such as PCI DSS, GLBA, Basel II, EU Data Protection Directive, International Cross Border, and U.S. State Data Privacy Laws