Sr Checkpoint Firewall Engineer

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)

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer 

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Sr Network Security/Firewall Engineer for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX.

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer Job Details

The Security Engineer will be the primary individual responsible for working on client networks in a consulting role, providing security architecture design, leading implementations of security solutions, and providing remote and onsite operational support for customers. The Security Engineer also plays a key role in the daily processing of Work Orders, Change Requests, and Incident Handling for operational systems.

Duties Include: 

-Provide security architecture design and consulting for pre and post sales support of customer environments.

-Lead implementation projects to ensure successful delivery of security services.

-Conduct on-site technical implementations or attend on-site customer meetings, as required.

-Provide Level 2 - 3 support to existing customers.

-Research, design, and oversee implementation of information technology, systems, and policies for information security in support of business needs.

-Perform resolutions to security related Work Orders, Change Requests and Incidents

-Provide 7x24 response to P-1 and P-2 level incidents

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer Mandatory Skills

• 8+ years’ experience with IT security, networking and enterprise technologies

• Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting the following technologies: Check Point, BlueCoat, Proxy, Cisco, VPN, VMware and Microsoft enterprise applications

• 2-3 years experience in a customer facing consultancy role

• Experience working in an ITIL-modeled IT environment

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer Education and Certifications

• Check Point CCSE certification (preferred)

• CISSP certification (preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution (required)

• Cisco Security Certification or equivalent experience (required)

• CISA or GIAC Certification (preferred)

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer Start Date

ASAP

Sr. Checkpoint Firewall Engineer Assignment Length

6 months with potential to extend or possibly convert to permanent

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.