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Security Engineer - Firewall

downey, CA

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Nexlogica lists this Security Engineer - Firewall opportunity in downey, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Job ID# 10134 – Posted 10/27/22 – Remote, Downey CA

Position Description

A Security Engineer serves as the security engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment; is comfortable with bridging the gap between legacy development or operations teams and working toward a shared culture and vision; works to ensure developers create the most secure systems while enhancing the privacy of all system users; and has experience with white‑hat hacking and fundamental computer science concepts. The Security Engineer will perform security audits, risk analysis, application‑level vulnerability testing, and security code reviews; develop and implement technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities; and conduct research to identify new attack vectors.

Skills Required

Knowledge and experience in safeguarding sensitive data from cyber-attacks.

Skills Preferred

Cisco ASA Firewalls engineering and operations in multi‑context mode experience

Cisco FirePower Firewalls engineering and operations experience

Cisco Firewall Management Console (FMC) engineering and operations experience

Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI) engineering and operations experience

Cisco ACL reviewing, editing and maintaining experience

Cisco Site-to-Site (S2S) Virtual Private Networking (VPN) experience with focus on double/twice NAT architecture

Firepower Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) engineering and operations experience

Palo Alto Firewalls experience (is secondary and does not replace Cisco experience required)

Flexible schedule to support out‑of‑hours upgrades/patches/etc. and rotating on‑call schedule with teammates

Ability to quickly learn and find technical information to resolve problems

Ability to be on camera for all meetings, working sessions, etc., as requested

Ability to work with outside vendors for additional support tasks

Experience Required

Minimum of ten (10) years of experience with developing and implementing technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Experience Preferred

Firewall engineering and operations with primary experience in Cisco FWs

Daily tasks include configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting

Cisco ASA and FirePower firewalls

Experience in configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting ACLs, S2S VPNs, BGP connections, IPSec, routing, optimizing/tuning, etc. in multi‑context mode

Experience using Command Line Interface (CLI) for most tasks

Experience using the Firewall Management Console (FMC)

Configures, manages, maintains, and troubleshoots Cisco FirePower Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs)

Works with the Datacenter Engineers and Security teams to add routes, troubleshoot complex networking issues, make recommendations on configurations, etc.

Education Required

Requires a bachelor’s degree in an IT‑related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year‑for‑year basis.

Additional Information

This position focuses on both data center firewall engineering and operations, and the secure deployment and monitoring of these environments. The ideal candidate will be very comfortable administering Cisco infrastructure including both CLI and FMC interfaces to accomplish their goals. They will be comfortable working in fast‑paced, critical support systems environments, and will have the ability to quickly learn and adapt to unfamiliar technologies or situations.

Job Details

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Information Technology

Contact

Please send your resume and any additional information to our recruitment team at

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Worksite address

downey, CA, 90242, US

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