Security Consultant - Dallas, TX

Role : Security Consultant L3 Location : Dallas, TX - Day 1 onsite Contract Job Description: This position requires a person having at least 8 years of experience in the given technology areas. Candidate should be able to quickly understand and resolve issues, mitigate risks and analyze dependencies. Candidate should also demonstrate excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. 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
• Hands on 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

• 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)

• 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