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Palo Alto Firewall and/or Blue Coat Proxy Administrator

Description:
Active Secret Clearance Required. Serious inquiries only.

Palo Alto Firewall and/or Blue Coat Proxy Administrator

Duties:
- Administer, manage, operate, maintain, install and configure 690 COG AOR network boundary devices and technologies.
- Working with Communications Squadrons and other base-level authorities to maintain and administer security boundary components at locations IAW DoD and AF standards and guidance, using industry best practices
- Changing, upgrading, and patching boundary devices requiring two-person compliance through established change management procedures
- Participating in project management, planning, implementation and installation to ensure configuration and integration conforms to baseline architecture
- Identifying potential threats
- Managing resolution of security violations
- Maintaining and operating Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
- Troubleshooting and correcting IPS induced service issues
- Maintaining physical infrastructure to include troubleshooting and operating system patching
- Granting and restricting administrative access to boundary devices according to authorization rules
- Working with communication units to maintain and administer security boundary components at locations IAW DoD and AF standards and guidance
- Identifying potential threats and managing resolution of security violations
- Monitoring and troubleshooting intrusion prevention boundary devices using Government provided toolsets (such as SCOM, SolarWinds, SMARTS and NETCOP/NETCOOL)
- Monitoring network boundaries to provide intrusion detection, identification, and internal/external IT threat analysis
- Preserving, protecting, recovering and reconstituting friendly cyberspace capabilities before, during and after network attacks
- Making changes/upgrades/patches to boundary devices requiring two-person compliance through established change management procedures
- Responding to and accomplishing change request actions and documenting changes, upgrades, patches
- Responding to outages and resolving and documenting priority incident tickets
- Accomplishing network maintenance during the Government-prescribed maintenance windows
- Troubleshooting web connectivity problems
- Granting and restricting administrative access to boundary devices according to authorization rules
- Installing, configuring, operating, maintaining, monitoring, administering, and troubleshooting of network and network defense technologies (e.g., firewalls, application-based firewalls, intrusion detection systems, web proxy devices and servers, and associated software)
- Participating in project management, planning, implementation and installation to ensure configuration and integration conforms to baseline architecture
- Making changes, upgrades, and patches to boundary devices requiring two-person compliance through established change management procedures

Please Note: Shift work is possible.

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.

5-8 years of directly related experience in systems administration and analysis.

Requirements:
- Current 8570 IAT II Level Certification (CNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Sec+ CE, SSCP) or higher
- Experience working with Palo Alto Firewalls and/or Blue Coat Proxies

Desired Experience/Certifications:
- Blue Coat Certified Professional
- Certified Infoblox Core Administrator (CICA)
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Blue Coat Certified Administrator
- CompTIA Linux+
- Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE)
- SolarWinds Certified Professional
- Wireshark Certified Network Analyst (WCNA)

Job Number: 17-28174
Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Rate: Open
Per Diem: Possible
Overtime: Possible
Duration: 6 mos
Start Date: ASAP
Input Date: 11/14/2020

Firm Name: NESCO RESOURCE
Attention: Kevin
Address: 101 COMMERCE ST STE 3001
City, State: LAKE MARY, FL 32746
Phone: 407/710-8000
Fax Phone: 407/710-8001
Website: www.nescoresource.com

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