Firewall Administrator – Team Lead
Nationwide IT Services, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
Firewalls
About the role
- Provide day-to-day supervision and leadership of vendor personnel, ensuring optimal scheduling, task execution, and performance.
- Serve as the primary escalation point to resolve technical and operational issues while ensuring proper allocation of staff and resources.
- Collaborate with government stakeholders, the Vendor PM, CORs, and user representatives to ensure solutions align with mission needs and deliver high customer satisfaction.
- Work under general guidance to design, plan, and execute tasks from initial concept through completion.
- Develop specifications and solutions for firewall and network security requirements ranging from simple to moderately complex environments.
Requirements
- Five (5) years of relevant experience in network security and firewall administration.
- Proficient knowledge of firewall technologies, network security configurations, and related hardware/software.
- Understanding of Information Assurance (IA) best practices and DoD/DLA security standards, regulations, and policies.
- Strong understanding of LAN/WAN operations.
- Experience with incident ticketing and workflow management systems.
- Ability to perform installation, configuration, and ongoing sustainment of firewalls and network appliances.
- Active Secret Clearance (IT-I Critical Sensitive)
- IAT-II Baseline Certification (per DoD 8570) (Security +CE)
- One of the following Check Point certifications: Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA), Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE), Check Point Security Master (CCSM)
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- paid holidays
- PTO (sick/vacation)
- commuter benefits
- employee assistance program (EAP)
- educational reimbursement
- Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
network securityfirewall administrationfirewall technologiesnetwork security configurationsLAN operationsWAN operationsinstallation of firewallsconfiguration of firewallssustainment of network appliancesincident ticketing
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationtask executionresource allocationcustomer satisfaction
Certifications
Active Secret ClearanceIAT-II Baseline CertificationSecurity +CECheck Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)Check Point Security Master (CCSM)