Job Description

Skill: Checkpoint Firewalls and VPN

Band: B3

Location: Bengaluru

Operational Duties

• Firewall Management: Oversee external and internal firewall solutions, including hardware, software, and application health.
• Configuration Management: Add, delete, or modify rule sets and user policies per organizational requirements.
• Change Control: Document all changes with a predefined Change Request (CR) process; execute changes only post-approval.
• Patch Management: Apply updates, upgrades, patches, and fixes regularly.
• Backup & Reporting: Maintain backups of logs, configurations, and data; prepare and submit regular reports.
• Issue Resolution: Log and escalate hardware or application issues; coordinate with vendors for resolution.
• Security Monitoring: Alert stakeholders on discrepancies or threats and initiate mitigation actions.

Technical Expertise

• Hands-on experience with:
• Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, Fortigate firewalls
• VPN Solutions (S2S, P2S, Always-on VPN)
• F5 Load balancers
• Cisco ISE
• Firewall Management Tools
• Cloud Security – Azure Firewall, Defender for Cloud, Application Gateway

Project & Design Work

• Design and validate solutions across environments (Pilot/UAT/Prod).
• Define migration strategies from on-premise to cloud security components.
• Review architecture and design deliverables as SME.
• Develop technical documentation and process flows.

Soft Skills & Collaboration

• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to lead knowledge-sharing sessions and team meetings.
• Collaborate with infra, network, and application teams for integration and troubleshooting.

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Do

• Ensuring customer centricity by providing apt cybersecurity 

• Monitoring and safeguarding the log sources and security access
• Planning for disaster recovery in the event of any security breaches
• Monitor for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorized or illegal activity
• Performs moderately complex log reviews and forensic analysis to identify unauthorized or unacceptable access to data or systems
• Conduct security assessments, risk analysis and root cause analysis of security incidents
• Handling incidents escalated by the L1 team in 24x7 rotational shifts
• Use advanced analytics tools to determine emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities
• Completing all tactical security operations tasks associated with this engagement.
• Analyses all the attacks and come up with remedial attack analysis
• Conduct detailed analysis of incidents and create reports and dashboards

• Stakeholder coordination & audit assistance

• Liaise with stakeholders in relation to cyber security issues and provide future recommendations
• Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information security
• Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues
• Advice and guidance to employees on issues such as spam and unwanted or malicious emails

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Deliver

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