Senior Check Point Firewall Engineer

ECS Corporate Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Check Point Firewall Engineer to support a Federal government client in-office or remote arrangements. You will design, plan and implement firewall architectures, and lead administration of Check Point firewalls including updates, policy administration and validation.

The role requires minimum five years configuring Check Point Firewalls, deep knowledge of security operations, and strong networking to rapidly identify and isolate issues during

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of experience configuring and administering Check Point Firewalls.
• In-depth knowledge of security operations, including firewall rules and security policies.
• Strong networking ability and knowledge of firewall platforms to assist in rapid identification and isolation of issues during incidents and outages.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and implement new firewall architectures, upgrades and features.
• Lead the administration of the client's Check Point firewalls, including updates, upgrades, policy administration and validation.
• Review and implement customer changes in line with existing policies.
• Review and update documentation to ensure consistency with current procedures.
• Manage and tune software blades such as IPS, URL Filtering, Application Control, AV and Advanced Malware detection.
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours to support outages or maintenance.

Skills

Firewall design

Firewall administration

Policy management

Documentation skills

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Check Point Firewall

IPS blade

URL Filtering blade

Application Control blade

Anti-Malware blade

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking aSenior Check Point Firewall Engineer to work in ourWashington, DC office /remote .

ECS is seeking aSenior Check Point Firewall Engineer to provide the following services to our Federal government client:

• Collaborate with customer staff to design, plan and implement new firewall architectures, upgrades and features as necessary.
• Lead in the administration of the client's Check Point firewalls to include updates, upgrades, policy administration and validation.
• Review and implement customer changes consistent with existing policies.
• Review and update documentation to ensure consistency with current procedures.
• Manage and tune additional software blades associated with firewall architecture. (IPS, URL, Application Control, AV, Advanced Malware detection).
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours to support outage resolution, planned maintenance or to implement an upgrade.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000

General Description of Benefits

• Minimum five (5) years of experience configuring and administering Checkpoint Firewalls.
• In-depth knowledge of security operations, including firewall rules and security policies.
• Strong networking ability and knowledge of firewall platforms to assist in rapid identification and isolation of issues during incidents and outages.