Security Specialist - Cisco Firewall Operations

Accenture; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled network security professional to enhance client security operations. This role involves managing firewalls, implementing security measures, and collaborating with teams to ensure robust network protection. You will leverage your expertise in cloud security and network administration to design and implement solutions that defend against threats. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment where your skills will be put to the test. Join a team that values creativity and analytical problem-solving in tackling security challenges head-on.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network security design and operations.
• Hands-on experience with firewall solutions for large companies.
• Strong technical knowledge of security operations and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain client’s network security operations.
• Support perimeter firewalls and web application firewalls.
• Analyze network security needs and design solutions.

Skills

Network Security Design

Firewall Solutions

Security Operations

Network Administration

Cloud Security

Analytical Problem Solving

Documentation Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Cisco Firewalls

Palo Alto Firewalls

Azure Security

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender for Cloud

Job description

We Are
Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond, and recover along all points of the security lifecycle. Cybersecurity challenges are different for every business in every industry. Leveraging our global resources and advanced technologies, we create integrated, turnkey solutions tailored to our clients’ needs across their entire value chain. Whether we’re defending against known cyberattacks, detecting and responding to the unknown, or running an entire security operations center, we will help companies build cyber resilience to grow with confidence. Our team of the security sector’s brightest people use the coolest tech to out-hack the hackers and help clients build resilience from within. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You Are
Passionate about security, love what you do and have a genuine desire to outsmart the bad guys. You have the experience to analyze a clients’ security posture, anticipate security requirements and help find right-sized solutions based on industry leading practices. You have a proven track record working successfully in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. You’re a creative, analytical problem solver with above average documentation skills who can speak to both technical and non-technical audiences. Can apply deep security skills to design, build and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, assets and people for Accenture and our clients. You are eager to put your skills to use by helping us help our clients inject security at every level of their organization.

Job Description

Infrastructure Security strengthens clients’ ability to detect, prevent, and respond to infrastructure threats (networks, clouds, endpoints, mobile, and IoT). This includes cloud security, network architecture transformation, network security controls, modern secure remote access, endpoint detection & response.

The candidate should have strong experience in security technologies including Firewalls, WAF, Web Proxy, IDS/IPS, Endpoint Security, and generate metrics related to Security, Network performance, capacity and availability.

Key Responsibilities

This is an operations role responsible for managing and maintaining client’s network security operations. This includes supporting perimeter firewalls, web application firewalls, azure security, and endpoints.

Run and Operate:

1. Deep knowledge and understanding of Azure Cloud native security services with a good to have experience of another cloud service provide (AWS or GCP)
2. Maintains policy, procedure documentations, including regular reviews and updates.
3. Automate operational tasks to make processes simpler and more robust.
4. Planning and implementing infrastructure security activities to enhance operations.
5. Implementation of native infrastructure security hardware and software with a focus on network segmentation and inspection of traffic.
6. Performing analysis of network security needs that contribute to the design, integration, and installation of hardware and software.
7. Analysis, troubleshooting and development of solutions to network / security problems.
8. Performing changes in the network following the change management process.
9. Administering perimeter security systems such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoints and web proxy.
10. Providing consultation to infrastructure and application project teams on information security designs.
11. Integration with corporate WAN, LAN and server architectures and other security programs;
12. Travel as required

Basic Qualifications

1. Minimum of 5 years of experience in network security design and operations, and network administration.
2. Minimum of 3 years hands on experience implementing firewall solutions (Cisco preferred, Palo Alto) for large Canadian or multi-national companies.
3. Must have a strong technical knowledge of security operations, security monitoring, network segmentation, security controls relating to IPS/IDS systems, and firewall technologies (Cisco).
4. Minimum of 2 years of experience with Platform Security (UNIX/Windows).
5. Minimum 1 year of network packet capture and interpretation experience.
6. In possession of, or able to qualify for, Canadian federal security clearance (reliability level).

Preferred Skills

1. Minimum Bachelor’s degree.
2. Vendor certifications (CCNP, CCIE, PCNSE, AZ-500).
3. Industry recognized Professional Security certification (e.g. CISSP)
4. Experience working for the Big 4 or Global SI is highly desired.
5. Knowledge of cyber defense vendors and product capabilities is desirable.
6. Willing to travel as required.
7. Experience with deploying Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Cloud in complex client environments.

Professional Skill Requirements

1. Ability to lead and manage dynamic multi-region teams
2. Eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
3. Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
4. Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
5. Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
6. Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in professional setting; either military or civilian