Security/Firewall Architect

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada. With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company. Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include: • Application Development • Project Management • Quality Assurance • Business/Systems Analysis • Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence • Infrastructure & Network Services • Risk Management & Compliance • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery • Security & Privacy Specialties: • Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation) • Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation) • ICAP (Contractor Payroll) • Flextrack (Vendor Management System) Security/Firewall Architect On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Security/Firewall Architect for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX. Security/Firewall Architect Job Duties - Translate business requirements into technical architectures, frameworks and solution configurations for internal and MSSP customers. - Provide engineering and operational support for internal and external customers using a Service Desk approach. - Performing continuous process improvement across security architecture, engineering, and operations. Security/Firewall Architect Mandatory Skills - Minimum of 12 years’ experience in Information Technology, providing operational and engineering support. - Hands-on experience with Juniper, Cisco, and Check Point firewalls. Palo Alto a plus. - 5 years’ experience using formal ticketing system (Remedy, CA USD) - Ability to create data flow diagrams from business requirements. - Advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 Packet Analysis * - Checkpoint, Cisco and Juniper Multi-Services Platforms * - Create process documentation * - Current on network security trends, applications/software/issues * - Evaluate and Implement customer move, add, change, delete requests * - Firewall * - Firewalls TCP/IP * - Identify security incidents and support client remediation * - Information Security standards and practices * - Internet security * - LAN and or WAN routers and switches * - Network security * - Risk analysis * - Routing protocols - BGP - OSPF - STP - IPV6 - MPLS * - Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues * - Troubleshoot end to end network connectivity using command line tools * - Blue Coat Proxy * - Checkpoint advanced firewall solution design - implementation and administration * - Checkpoint NG * - Cisco IDS - IPS / Intrusion Detection * - Cisco PIX firewall * - CISSP Certification * - Firewall acceleration and load balancing technologies * - Juniper - Netscreen / Juniper Firewalls * - Client brick firewall * - Security architectures * • Security certification * - VPN * - Able to read, write, analyze firewall policies. - Able to use CA USD in ITIL framework to support requests and work. - Able to read, write Access Control Lists. - Able to perform security control optimization using one of the following: Tufin, Skybox, FireMon or AlgoSec. - Experience with Microsoft Visio. - Experience with Layer 3 networking, able to understand complex routing and NAT. - Experience with protocol capture, trace, and decode via TCPDUMP and/or Wireshark. - Able to perform on-call and after hours changes as required to support internal and external customers. - Experience with PCI-DSS governance and compliance framework. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Can't work on H1B and C2C