Network Security Engineer

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Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Sponsorship is not available at this time.

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Job Title:
Network Security Engineer (Check Point Firewall, Zscaler (ZIA & ZPA), Cloudflare WAF,Aruba Clear Pass)

Onsite

Location:

Dallas, TX (Onsite position)

Contract: + Months & Extendable

Looking for minimum years experienced profiles ONLY

Pay rate - $/hr on W/Danta Technologies payroll (OR) $/hr on CC-Corporation-To-Corporation

Job Description – Network Security (L)

Responsibilities

Organizational Functions:

• Manage day-to-day Operations according to customer environment
• Develop and implement network security architecture, policies, and procedures to protect against threats.
• Should be able to provide L level support on critical/Outage situation and drive end to end until the resolution.
• Should have Strong expertise in:
• Implementing and maintaining Checkpoint firewall and associated software module (VPN, URL Filtering, IPS etc.) infrastructure.
• Should have good working experience on checkpoint VPN (SS & Remote access).
• Deep understanding of Cloudflare content delivery network (CDN) and security solutions, including web application firewalls (WAF), bot management, and DDoS protection.
• Deep understanding of RADIUS, TACACS+, , EAP methods, and networking protocols.
• Installation and configuration of Clear Pass Policy Manager (CPPM), including profiling, onboarding, and guest services.
• Resolve complex authentication failures, latency issues, and TACACS+ service issues.
• Proficiency with Zscaler tools (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX), packet capture analysis, and scripting languages (Python, Power Shell) for automation.
• Design, implement, and tune ZIA/ZPA policies for roaming, branch, and third-party users, utilizing Zscaler's cloud security concepts.
• Resolve complex L/L issues related to user connectivity, authentication (SAML, SCIM, Azure AD), and access flows.
• Deep understanding of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Firewalls, and IPSec/SSL VPNs.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to network security infrastructure and procedures following the NIST and CIS standards.
• Identify the in-efficiencies in the operations and identify potential solutions to improve efficiency.
• Own and drive improvements in the areas of Operations, technology, Advisory and customer satisfaction.
• Stay up to date on emerging security threats, technologies, and industry trends.
• Manage and mentor a team of network security engineers and analysts.
• One should identify possible automation capabilities, their execution within the network security products and process and deliver across multiple customer environments.
• Should be cross-skilled across multiple technologies covering products like Firewalls, Web-Proxies, as well as cloud security products (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.)
• Should prepare weekly and monthly performance reports across multiple customer environments (people, technologies, Process Gaps, Risk, RAG status etc.)
• Should be able to conduct internal training to address the skill gap as well as motivate the team to do technical certifications.

Core Functions:

• Focus on technologies and bring automation capabilities.
• Regular reporting on the state of the customer delivery.
• Maintain KPIs for the teams and report on Service Improvement Areas to senior management
• Identify risks and maintain compliance with submission of client-facing reports.
• Focus on industry-based practices and configuration and guide the team to follow the same.

Individual Performance Measurement Criteria:

• Bring quality in service delivery and work on cross killing people to increase productivity.
• Quality and effectiveness in communications and engagement with stakeholders.
• Low / Zero Escalation from the customers
• Driving Innovation to improve Service standards &…