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Job Description
Team
consists of Project Manager, Network and Firewall engineers. Position requires
experience to analyzing large amounts of firewall logs into clear groupings or
patterns. Knowledge of firewalls and networking logs is preferred. Working with
applications like Pal Alto Panorama is also preferred. Palo Alto and Algo-Sec
experience is also preferred or demonstrated experience to quickly learn these
tools.
Goal
is to reduce end-user device traffic into company's Data Center and Cloud systems.
This position will analyze firewall logs of this userbase application traffic
and then support the firewall engineers to create application firewall rule.
More specifically this position will evaluate applications to collect/parse all
data required to identify how users connect to each application – data flows,
users/roles, interfaces, etc.
Analysis
- Evaluate applications to
collect/parse all data required to identify how users connect to each
application – data flows, users/roles, interfaces, etc.
- Document application flows
(user -? application), application access list (users and what they can
access) - tools used are Algosec, Expedition. This data will then be used
to create firewall policy.
- Will need to conduct meetings
with application owners to identify servers used by application, list of
users, how app is accessed (web browser, thick client, etc.), and any
other key application information like F5/load balanced, integrations with
other applications, management interfaces/access, user groups, vendor and
cert mgt, etc.
- Document end point to data
center application traffic flow
- BA will develop standard
documentation for all applications for review/approval by project team;
will also include change control requirements (windows, days, times, etc.)
- Perform comparison of
information provided by app teams against network tools (Algosec,
Expedition, etc.) information
Cloud Segmentation
- Build model for adding
applications to the cloud (based on IRM or other factors, including
project team inputs)
- Define risk thresholds and
assist with data gathering to define process for defining security
policies
- Document security policies;
develop documentation standard
Business processes/decisions
- Need to improve our
risk-based analysis criteria/methodology.
Requirements
Requirements /
Qualifications
- 5 years of technology
experience & College degree or technology experience.
- Experience with firewalls
(preferred Palo Alto- not required).
- Experience with Network logs,
network data and reports
- Experience with Network
topologies and Data Flows, application (segmentation experience preferred)
- Cybersecurity background
strongly preferred.
- Advanced modeling and
analysis skills
- Leverage data to
identify/select key applications.
- Use of data gathering tools
to analyze network flow (please list specific experience/tools with
proficiency)
- Experience developing
documentation standards and data models based on several different
criteria.
- Experience with data/workflow
tools (such as Visio)
- Ability to work with high
performance team and adjust priorities on the fly.
- Strong MS Tool proficiency
(Teams, Office, etc.)
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills)
1.
Experience with firewalls (preferred Palo Alto- not required).
2.
Experience with Network or firewall logs, network data and reports
3.
Experience with Network topologies and Data Flows, application (segmentation
experience preferred)
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard
and/or Soft Skills)
1.
highly collaborative
2.
Able to learn or pick technologies up quickly
3.
Communication- both written and verbal