FIREWALL ADMINISTRATOR

Company: Target Labs, Inc
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Travel: Frequent travel to site in Riverdale, MD.Targeted Start: 10/15/2012Travel Required: noneOverview:Entry-level firewall administrator needed to assist in day-to-day operational security duties in a firewall group handling Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto Network firewalls.Responsibilities:

• Coordination with various IT operations teams.
• Perform Cisco security upgrades (including testing and roll-out).
• Respond and analyze security incidents and events.
• Build, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco and Juniper IPSEC VPN tunnels.
• Monitor, maintain, and implement security policies on firewalls.Qualifications:
• Experience working with Cisco networking and security solutions, usually gained over 1-2 years (including routers, switches, and firewalls).
• Familiarity with Juniper and other firewall platforms preferred.
• Experience using common networking tools to aid in troubleshooting, including nmap, wireshark, tcpdump, Solarwinds, and others.
• Basic understanding of proxy and URL filtering services for end users (Websense preferred).
• Basic understanding of anti-virus and client disk encryption technologies.
• Basic understanding of IDS/IPS and SIEM operation.
• Expertise in common networking concepts and protocols including, but not limited to:
• TCP/UDP ports and protocols.
• The OSI model.
• Layer 2 switching concepts (spanning tree, VLAN trunking, etc.).
• Experience with common network tools (e.g. tcpdump, Wireshark).
• Extremely process and detail oriented.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Cisco or Juniper Security certifications (CCSP, etc.) greatly preferred.
• General security certifications (CISSP et al) preferred.
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