Cybersecurity Analyst
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) 3 days a week (could be up to 5 days a week for deployments)
Duration: 12 Month Contract
Overview:
Position focuses on day to day next-generation firewall administration, support, and operations. It also includes some project-oriented initiatives, troubleshooting incidents of varying severity, various compliance activities, and firewall policy optimization & maintenance. Candidates who have a network support or design background who wish to transition into a role in Cybersecurity are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Performs day to day firewall policy administration.
- Maintains security framework across the enterprise.
- Participates in cybersecurity projects and initiatives within Cybersecurity, IT, and other business units.
- Contributes to team knowledge base.
- Maintains up-to-date documentation of security infrastructure, changes, and security strategies.
- Documents work performed.
- Interacts with business partners and other IT Teams as necessary to understand, apply, and enforce security requirements.
- Proactively identifies/makes recommendations on potential security issues and solutions.
- Participates in on-call rotation duties.
- Provides increased availability during inclement weather, cyber, and significant incidents.
- Adheres to proper Change Management requirements and processes.
- Responds to incidents in a timely manner.
Configures, installs, and maintains security hardware. - Deploys code upgrades.
- Participates in investigation and troubleshooting efforts during service disruption events.
- Represents IT Security organization professionally in interaction with internal business partners and other IT Support groups.
Desired Qualifications:
- Hands on experience working with Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls
- Hands on experience working with Cisco ASA firewalls
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Entry-level Technician (PCCET)
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA)
- Cisco CCNA
- Cisco DevNet Associate
- CompTIA Security+ and/or Network+
- Other relevant industry certifications
- Ability to develop firewall policy while balancing customer requirements and security controls.
- Ability to analyze firewall security and traffic logs.
- Network administration/support experience
- General networking understanding and/or experience to include Understanding of TCP/IP communications & knowledge of how common protocols and applications work at the network level including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, and SMB.
- Experience with network monitoring, analysis, and troubleshooting.
- Experience analyzing network traffic.
- Working knowledge of NAT principles and troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting a large enterprise network.
- Experience in Data Center environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to personal and team success.