Security consultant

Inherent Technologies, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Inherent Technologies, Inc. seeks a Security consultant in Dallas to design and manage enterprise firewall configurations and security monitoring. The role emphasizes hands-on work with Cisco ASA, Palo Alto devices, VPN authentication, and ISE for secure access control.

The candidate will analyze incidents, review logs, implement mitigations, and collaborate with COE and client teams to ensure regulatory alignment and robust security postures. Onsite, 1-year duration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Cisco ASA, FXOS, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
• Knowledge of Palo Alto concepts: zones, policy ordering, audit logs, address books and more.
• Experience with Cisco ISE for VPN authentication and AAA.
• Understanding of routing protocols.
• Experience handling security incidents and mitigation.
• Good understanding of Symantec DLP.
• Experience across multiple security technologies: VPNs, IDS/IPS, endpoint security.
• Familiarity with RSA SecurID and TACACS/AAA solutions.
• Familiar with F5 load balancers.
• Strong presentation skills for meetings and reviews.
• Ability to conduct risk and dependency analysis with customers/teams.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes.

Responsibilities

• Configuration of Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Articulate risks and dependencies to stakeholders.
• Participation in on-call support rotation.
• Firewall auditing and updating access control lists.
• Interact with teams to manage log management solutions.
• Adhere to high quality, scalable, repeatable security processes.
• Analyze and troubleshoot security incidents from logs and alerts.
• Evaluate systems with vulnerability scanners and manual checks.

Skills

Cisco ASA

FXOS

Palo Alto

Panorama

VPN authentication

ISE

Routing protocols

Incident response

DLP

IDS/IPS

RSA SecurID

F5

Audit logs

ITIL

Job description

Technical skill set

• Must have hands on experience with Cisco ASA, FXOS, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.

Position: Security consultant

Position: Security consultant

Location: Dallas TX***Onsite***

Location: Dallas TX***Onsite***

Duration: 1 Years

Duration: 1 Years

Technical skill set

• Must have hands on experience with Cisco ASA, FXOS, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
• Full understanding of Palo Alto Firewall concepts like Security Zones, Security policy ordering, Searching and Sorting Audit logs, Address Sets, negated addresses, User Roles and tables, route-based policies, address-books, Application traffic control etc.
• Must have hand on Cisco ISE for VPN authentication, AAA, policy creation.
• Understanding and experience with routing protocols
• Handson Skill on handling Security Incidents and plan mitigation.
• Good understanding of Symantec DLP
• Should have good understanding and extensive hands-on experience on various security technologies including Firewalls, VPN's, IDS/IPS, end point security solutions (AV, HIPS, Hard Disk Encryption), strong Authentication products (RSA SecurID), Content Security Gateways (Cisco IronPort Web/Mail Security Gateways), Cisco ISE, TACACS/AAA solutions. Hands on experience in more than one technology is preferred
• Understanding of F5 load balancers.
• Should have good presentation skills - shall be able to participate the review meetings and be able put across the points of concern
• Should have Capability to conduct risk analysis, impact analysis, dependencies on customer/internal teams,
• Knowledge and experience of working with ITIL (Information Technical Infrastructure Library) Processes

Non-Technical Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other team members for availability of capable resource
• Ensure quality work - review and validate the technical configuration changes
• Coordinate with COE (Centers Of Excellence) resources for resolution of technical issues/problems before escalation to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers)

Technical Responsibilities

• Configuration of Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Articulate or highlight risks/dependencies
• Participation in an on-call support rotation required
• Firewall Auditing and review access control lists and updating firewalls as needed
• Interacting with various teams in managing the log management solution.
• Adhering to high-quality standards and best practices, high performance, and scalable, repeatable processes and deliverables in accordance with applicable regulations
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and investigate network security-related incident based on security platform reporting, network traffic, log files, host-based and automated security alerts
• Evaluate systems using vulnerability scanners and manual techniques to verify system security settings and configurations