Firewall Engineer

Five Iron; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance

Up to 4% 401k company match

Generous paid time off

Paid time off for voting and volunteering

Paid birthday off

Up to $100 for internet and phone service

Team building events

Lunch provided every Friday

Job summary

A cybersecurity solutions provider in Franklin, TN, is seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer to join their Security Operations Center. The successful candidate will manage advanced firewall systems and ensure network security by optimizing devices and implementing changes diligently. This onsite position requires strong troubleshooting skills and a bachelor's degree in information security or related field, proving a deep understanding of cybersecurity practices and excellent communication skills. A range of premium benefits will be provided including health insurance and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of cybersecurity experience, with emphasis on firewall architecture.
• Extensive knowledge of NIST and ISO security standards.
• Experience in customer and vendor interaction for implementations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize network security devices.
• Participate in change management process.
• Implement and document firewall changes.

Skills

Firewall management

Network security optimization

Troubleshooting firewalls

Change management

VPN establishment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in information security or related field

Tools

Next-Gen firewalls (Barracuda, Cisco, Palo Alto, etc.)

Job description

5iron is a privately held, rapidly growing company, providing best-in‑class managed cybersecurity operations in the financial sector. 5iron redefines industry expectations by taking an active role in the protection of financial organization, delivering eyes on 24x7x365 cybersecurity operations to effectively minimize cyber risk inside these organizations. Bringing years of information security experience with financial institutions, our managed security operations protect critical network infrastructure from the growing number of threats to banks and the financial services industry.

5irons Security Operations Center (SOC) is in Franklin, Tennessee and all security operations are run from this facility. 5iron does not use a Virtual SOC in which Security Analysts work from home or another remote location which can slow response times and affect client security. Our goal is more than notificationOur goal is remediation and resolution.

We are currently looking for a Firewall Engineer to join our growing SOC team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hands on experience with one or more of the following Next-Gen firewalls: Barracuda, Juniper, Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet or Palo Alto.
• Extensive experience implementing and maintaining firewalls and staying updated on any released security vulnerabilities and how they affect the network.
• Extensive experience performing on-going optimization of the network security devices to ensure adequate capacity, availability, and scalability.
• Experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and documenting network security infrastructures and related systems.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in the Change Management process including creating new change requests, reviewing submitted change forms, peer reviewing submitted change requests, implementing firewall changes and peer reviewing firewall changes.
• Expertise in modifying firewall rule sets, changing policies, whitelisting, content filtering, and troubleshooting issues by studying network traffic flows, locking down applications, and troubleshooting firewalls, routers, and switches.
• In-depth knowledge of layer 4-7 app aware firewalls.
• Experience establishing and modifying site-to-site VPNs.
• Ability to manage threat protection, URL blocking, IOC feeds, routers, and switches.
• Experience performing monthly firewall health checks.
• Experience developing detailed build and test plans for implementing firewalls.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors Degree in information security (or similar field) with a minimum of five (5) years cybersecurity experience desired or a minimum of seven (7) years cybersecurity experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of Information Security Firewall Architecture experience.
• Extensive knowledge of data security practices and systems; NIST, ISO, etc.
• Ability to interact with customers, vendors, and project managers on a regular basis to support implementations, change management and troubleshooting.
• Experience working in a leading ticketing system and prioritizing workflow based on criticality and urgency.
• Excellent communications and teamwork skills.

ADDITIONAL

This is an onsite position in Franklin, TN.

Travel is not required.

Five Iron offers premium benefits that are intended to support our people and their families. These include:

• Company-paid health, dental and vision insurance plans for the employee
• Up to a 4% 401k company match that vests immediately, its yours to keep
• Generous paid time off and 10 holidays per year
• Paid time off to vote and volunteer
• Paid time off on your birthday because its your special day
• Up to $100 per month for your internet and cell phone service
• Team building events
• Employee-selected lunch served every Friday