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 Duites
•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.
Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.
Skills Required
- 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 firewall experience.
- 5 years experience using formal ticketing systems (Remedy, CA USD).
- Ability to create data flow diagrams from business requirements.
- Advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 packet analysis.
- Experience with Checkpoint, Cisco and Juniper multi-services platforms.
- Create and maintain process documentation.
- Current knowledge of network security trends, applications, and issues.
- Evaluate and implement move/add/change/delete requests.
- Ability to read, write, and analyze firewall policies and Access Control Lists.
- Experience identifying security incidents and supporting client remediation.
- Knowledge of information security standards and practices and internet security.
- Experience with LAN/WAN routers and switches and general network security.
- Routing protocols knowledge: BGP, OSPF, STP, IPv6, MPLS.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues; end-to-end connectivity using command line tools.
- Experience with Blue Coat Proxy.
- Checkpoint advanced firewall solution design, implementation and administration (Checkpoint NG).
- Experience with Cisco IDS/IPS and Cisco PIX firewall.
- CISSP certification.
- Experience with firewall acceleration and load balancing technologies.
- Experience with Juniper Netscreen / Juniper firewalls.
- Ability to perform security control optimization using Tufin, Skybox, FireMon or AlgoSec.
- Experience with Microsoft Visio.
- Experience with protocol capture, trace, and decode via TCPDUMP and/or Wireshark.
- Ability to perform on-call and after-hours changes as required.
- Experience with PCI-DSS governance and compliance framework.
- Familiarity with ITIL framework and using CA USD in a service desk approach.
What We Do
Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada, and one of North America's leading staffing and contract workforce services providers. The company specializes in connecting IT talent with opportunity, delivering flexible IT staffing solutions and professional services to help organizations overcome technology gaps and drive transformation.







