Check Point Firewall Engineer

ECS is seeking a Senior Check Point Firewall Engineer to work in our Washington, DC office in support of the following tasks:
• Collaborate with customer staff to design, plan and implement new firewall architectures, upgrades and features as necessary.
• Assist in the administration of all Information Security firewalls to include updates, upgrades, policy administration and validation.
• Assist in reviewing and implementing customer changes consistent with existing policies.
• Review and update documentation to ensure consistency with current procedures.
• Manage and tune additional software blades associated with firewall architecture. (IPS, URL, Application Control, AV, Advanced Malware detection).
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours to support outage resolution, planned maintenance or to implement an upgrade.
• Perform other official duties as assigned.

Salary Range: $100,000-130,000
General Description of Benefits

• Eight (8) years of experience in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience configuring and administering firewall technologies, specifically carrier class Checkpoint Firewalls, Palo Alto and Network Security Policy Management.
• In-depth knowledge of security operations, including firewall rules and security policies.
• Strong networking ability and knowledge of firewall platforms to assist in rapid identification and isolation of issues during incidents and outages.