IT Specialist - Firewalls - Progressive Recruitment : Job Details

Maintains OT firewalls and perimeter defense devices to ensure compliance with NERC CIP requirements.

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

- Support the deployment and maintenance of Firewalls, IPS, and other perimeter defense devices for compliance with NERC CIP Version 5

- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot CheckPoint firewall technologies to include IPS, SecureXL, ClusterXL, and VPN solutions on GAIA, Embedded GAIA, SPLAT, and IPSO operating system to ensure infrastructure stability

- Development and maintenance of NERC CIP compliant Firewall rule sets

- Working or strong knowledge or routing protocols (RIP/OSPF/BGP), route redistribution, and route maps

- Strong analysticial and problem-solving skills utilizing event correlation and packet analysis tools- Support architecting and development of NERC CIP Electronic Security Perimeter environments

- Generate and maintain administrative documentation such as architecture diagrams, procedures, etc- Provide second-level support proactively with members of IT

- Development, implementation, and on-going maintenance of security policies and procedures- Maintain vendor relationship and collect vendor evidence supporting NERC CIP compliance

Work Experience and Minimum Educational Background

IT Specialist - Associate's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and 3 years of comparable work experience

IT Specialist Sr. - Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and 5 years of comparable work experienceCheckpoint Certified Security Expert (CCSE) or Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) preferred