- *Title**:** Network Security Architect*
*Location:** Pleasanton, CA* *Term:** Contract* *ONLY LOCALS* *Required Experience:* - Minimum of 10+ years related network engineering and customer support experience. - *Must have architecture, design and deployment experience with Palo Alto Network Firewall**.* - *Extensive hands-on Experience with Checkpoint firewall and Cisco ASA will be a plus.* - *Must have architecture, design and deployment experience with Cisco ISE and Network Admission Control (NAC)* - Must have Solid working knowledge with security tools such as NAC, Antivirus, Firewall, IDS/IPS - At least 5+ years of Data Center experience. - Extensive experience in securing PCI CDE environment · Project Management, Problem Solving, Expert LAN and WAN Knowledge, Complex Network Design and Implementation, Network Troubleshooting, Network Hardware Configuration, Network Performance Tuning, People Management. *Technical Skills* - Thorough understanding of networking technologies, including administration of enterprise routers, switches, firewalls and load-balancers (OSI layers 4-7) · Expertise with Cisco ACE, F5 and Citrix Load Balancers. · Strong OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc. · Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc. · Expertise with various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) · Understanding of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, PPTP, etc.) · Fluency with common network admin and intrusion detection tools such as Rancid, OpenNMS, Nagios, Ethereal/Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, etc. · Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting) · In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear. · Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment. · In-depth knowledge of MPLS network. *Professional Skills* · Ability to think and operate as a team player · Extremely strong communication skills, both written and verbal · Experience managing network service and similar support providers in a client/vendor relationship · Ability to operate as independently or as part of collaborative effort - Demonstrate strong project leadership and ability to develop strong working relationships with customer technical personnel. · Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to apply them during business impacting incidents. · Capable of mentor others and lead by example. *Qualifications and **Certifications**:* · *Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) certification is required.* · Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, IT, or similar disciplines). · Equivalent work experience implementing and operating enterprise level data center and/or office networks. - CCIE security certifications are a big plus. *Minimum Qualifications and **Certifications**:* · *Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) certification is required. * · *Architecture, design and deployment experience a Must!* · *Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, IT, or similar disciplines).* · *CCIE security certification and equivalent experience preferred!* *Thanks & Regards…* *RK* *Business Development Manager* *Email : r...@systematix-software.com <r...@systematix-software.com>* *Phone: 616-433-1771* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MCMS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mcms+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mcms@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mcms. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.