Primary responsibilities include:

• Consult, advice, validate, and audit firewalls rule for Allstate network security infrastructure.
• Participate in network troubleshooting and incident problem resolutions with other infrastructure teams.
• Engineer and review future network security architecture solution and implement Firewall life cycle maintenance processes.
• Creates performance statistical reports of various firewall clusters and its environment.
• Documentations of all past/future Firewall environment including topology diagram and subnet information.
• Collaborate with peer group from outsource organization supporting Security Services.
• Establish educational program for Firewall Services.
• Establish training program for internship students and new employees.
• 3rd level support for the NOC and priority 1 incident call.

Qualification

• Strong and in-depth knowledge of:
  • TCP/IP.
  • Data Network engineering knowledge (i.e. LAN, WAN, Extranet, routing, protocols, etc.).
  • Network troubleshooting experience.
  • Nokia and Checkpoint Firewall.
  • Firewall troubleshooting and policies resolution.
  • Antivirus, ePO, and McAfee.
  • FTP/Proxy servers/TIBCO.
  • Radius.
  • IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention).
  • Allstate applications knowledge a plus.
  • Systems platform knowledge a plus.
  • Qualys knowledge a plus.
  • Blue Code knowledge a plus (definitely ++).

• The successful candidate should exhibit the following skills and abilities:

  • Ability to work successfully with others in large and small team. Ability to motivates and inspires others to perform at a high level, taking appropriate risks, and accepting personal accountability for actions and decisions.
  • Assertiveness - Ability to troubleshoot incidents until root cause resolutions.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to transform technical knowledge into business language (e.g. reports, presentations, etc.)
  • A strong aptitude and attitude in learning new knowledge in information science and Information security.
  • Bachelors and/or Masters Degree in Engineering, Computers Science, or related field, with 3 - 5 years of field experience.