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Security Consultant-Cisco Palo Alto

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Security Consultant-Cisco Palo Alto

Gurgaon, India

Introduction

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Your role and responsibilities

We are actively seeking an experienced and highly skilled resource to join our elite cybersecurity team. In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping and implementing advanced security strategies to safeguard our organization against sophisticated cyber threats.

What you'll do:
Primary Responsibility:

  • Must have hands-on experience in Palo Alto Enterprise & Cloud, Cisco ASA MPLS, Internet & VPN firewalls.
  • Address security incidents related to firewalls.
  • Monitor and analyse firewall logs for security incidents.
  • Investigate and respond to alerts related to firewall activities.
  • Configure, manage, and monitor firewall rules and policies.
  • Conduct regular review/assessment to ensure firewall security and compliance.
  • Design and implement advanced firewall configurations and policies.
  • Firewall patch or firmware upgrade as needed
  • Conduct regular security assessments to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  • Building and maintaining knowledge of next-generation firewalls and firewall solutions
  • Working closely with the customer, Cyber Security team members, and project managers
  • Creating high-level and low-level designs
  • Performing maintenance and changes in firewalls as required
  • Implementing new firewalls as required
  • Assisting with troubleshooting network connectivity as it relates to firewalls.
  • Utilizing change management, request, and ticketing systems
  • Documenting status updates and problem resolutions
  • Perform operational activities to maintain to all types of Firewall systems including backup, health check, patching, configuration, BCP testing etc.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Hands-on experience required in Firewall, MPLS Firewall, Cloud Firewall, VPN gateway.
  • Worked on tools belongs to CISCO, Palo Alto Firewall (Mandatory)
  • Must have desire to learn or cross skill with new technologies.
  • Must be able to work in morning, evening, and night shifts - Mandatory.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering/information security, or a related field.
  • Relevant certifications such as CEH, CISSP, CISM, CompTIA CASP+, or equivalent.
  • Proven experience to work in a Security Operations environment.
  • Deep technical knowledge of security technologies and advanced threat landscapes.
  • Proven experience in managing and responding to complex security incidents.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Proven communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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Client-provided location(s): Gurugram, Haryana, India
Job ID: IBM-16228
Employment Type: Other

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