Remote Senior Checkpoint Firewall Engineer

An employer is looking for a Remote Sr Firewall Engineer (L4) in the United States. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining firewall solutions to ensure the security of our organization's networks and systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess security risks, develop firewall architectures, and monitor firewall performance. Your expertise in firewall technologies, network security, and best practices will play a critical role in safeguarding our infrastructure and data.

Key Responsibilities:
- Designing, implementing and maintaining firewall architecture and configurations
- Ensure effective integration of firewall in network infrastructure and conduct firewall rule reviews
- Design and develop firewall architectures and configurations to meet security requirements and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement firewall-related policies and procedures.
- Develop and maintain documentation, including firewall policies, standards, and configuration guidelines.
- Provide guidance and support in the evaluation and selection of firewall solutions and vendors.
- Conduct firewall rule reviews and audits to ensure adherence to security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in network infrastructure planning and design to ensure effective integration of firewalls.
- Collaborate with network and security teams to plan and implement firewall changes, upgrades, and migrations.
- Assist in capacity planning exercises to ensure optimal performance and scalability of firewall solutions.
- Provide expert-level support for firewall technologies, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Monitor firewall logs and alerts and perform incident response to detect and mitigate security threats.
- Collaborate with security operations teams to investigate and resolve firewall- related security incidents. Optimize firewall performance and rule sets by analyzing traffic patterns, conducting rule reviews, and implementing best practice
- Perform validation of the load balancer to verify that it meets the requirements
- Perform validation of the firewall rules to verify that it meets the requirements
- Configure VPN tunnel for MFA implementation
- Implement VPN tunnel to allow access to specific services through MFA
- Validate implementation VPN tunnels for MFA
- Provision user accounts for F5 MFA for infrastructure access
- Evaluating the security stance local and wide area networks
- Implementing security measures and technologies for the protection of information resources and customer data

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Required Skills & Experience
- 10 years of experience of network security engineering experience
- Expert in firewall technologies - Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco, Zscaler, and etc. (Checkpoint is most important but need experience with the others)
- Experience configuring and implementing VPN tunnels for MFA
- F5 load balancer experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Firewall certifications - Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco
- Bachelors Degree
- Zscaler environment

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.