System Administrator - Competitive Pay

Job Title: System Administrator

Location requirements/Schedule: Onsite

Location/s: : NYC, NY

Start Date: ASAP

Bonus/Benefits: NO

Type of contract: C2C, W2, Contract to Hire C2C

Duration: 6+ months to start

Visa: USC, GC

How many interviews: 2

Interview Process: 1st video- 2nd Video

Important Skills: AAA systems (RSA, Radius)

Must Haves: See below

Certifications must have or nice to have: Nice to have.

Position Summary:

• Provide support for all corporate and enclave firewalls, application delivery controllers, RADIUS, RSA.
• Develop and implement firewall changes for supported networks
• Evaluate requested changes for possible Cyber-Security Threats
• Provide 3rd level support to troubleshoot networking issues.
• Interact with support-customers to resolve issues and provide solutions as required.
• Provide off-hour support as operational needs dictate. The candidate must be available for rotating weekly on-call shifts (24 hour on-call support) with other members in the group.
• Lead and / or manage projects of various priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide Design Consultation for projects for firewall necessity and configuration.
• Develop and execute disaster recovery and test plans for all supported devices.
• Prepare support documentation for the for 1st and 2nd level support groups.
• Document and/or revise administration procedures for security, configuration, operation, and administration of devices.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with at least 3-5 years' work experience in an enterprise IT environment.
• Authentication services (AAA policies / Radius and RSA authentication connections)
• Firewall image upgrade planning and implementation
• IDS/IPS profiles
• Imaging and restoration of firewalls from root layer
• IPSEC VPNs with between local Cisco and FortiGate firewalls as well as external dissimilar vendor model firewalls/routers.
• Logical and virtual interfaces for networks sharing security levels.
• SNMP monitoring and alert profiles
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required.
• The candidate must be knowledgeable of Information Security networking best practices and be able to evaluate design requests for Cyber Security threats.
• The candidate must have extensive experience with firewall administration, upgrades, backups, configuration, and diagnostics.
• The candidate must possess excellent project management, technical writing and oral communication skills.
• The candidate must possess excellent technical skills, particularly regarding Network Diagnostics, Firewall operations and deployments (Cisco and/or Fortinet mandatory).
• This individual must demonstrate the ability to exercise independent judgment, manage complex projects, represent the organization in dealings with customers and vendors, and render sound business decisions.
• VIPs and NAT for external interfaces
• Vulnerability review of hardware

Nice To Have

• AAA systems (RSA, Radius)
• Centralized Management tools (Cisco Systems Manager, FortiManager)
• Cloud systems integration (ex. Azure)
• NGFW Threat Management Tools (ex. web-filtering, application filtering)
• Scripting / Automation