# Cisco Firewall Administrator

**Company**: Southern Company
**Location**: Birmingham, AL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

Southern Company is seeking a Cisco Firewall Administrator to join our Cybersecurity organization.

The successful candidate will support Southern Company’s Specialized Cyber Security information security program to ensure Operational Technology (OT) assets are adequately protected.

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop requirements for firewall rule implementation including source and destination IPs, ports, transport protocol

- Configure, install, and support network and firewall infrastructure following a mature change management and development process

- Provide security oversight and governance for network and firewall infrastructure including firewall rulesets, intrusion prevention policies, exception requests, etc.

- Work with an experienced team of network and security engineers to perform vulnerability and fault analysis on devices to develop and implement remediation and recovery plans

- Perform root cause analysis of issues and make appropriate recommendations to avoid future failures

- Develop and maintain high-level and low-level design documentation including network diagrams within Microsoft Visio

- Support Operational Technology (OT) and the enterprise in all aspects of information security administration

- Comply with regulations and security best practices while handling confidential data

- Conduct investigations and analysis as directed

- Engage with TO and business units to evaluate and implement security process for critical infrastructure and key resources

- Provide governance and oversight of business unit security activities to ensure compliance with all corporate information security policies and procedures

- Establish and execute program updates as necessary to adapt to the changing threat landscape as well as local, state, and federal security requirements

- Assist in the ongoing development of Southern Company's OT security architecture to identify areas of opportunity and partner with architects to research alternatives and recommend solutions

- Perform security testing and audits to identify vulnerabilities and resolve weaknesses

- Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management

- Work with vendors where appropriate to escalate issues

**Requirements:**

- Experience in Cisco FTD Firewall Technologies, including hands-on experience in providing firewall support, installation, and analysis of infrastructure communication

- Possess an in-depth knowledge of information security methodologies, tools, technologies, and best practices and how they relate to the organization

- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems in a systematic and logical manner and maintain good communication with all relevant parties throughout the troubleshooting process

- Understand key firewall concepts including but not limited to VPN, NAT, threat prevention, URL filtering, application filtering, etc.

- Well versed in networking and routing concepts

- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills; ability to solve complex technical issues

- 2+ years direct administration of Cisco firewall or switching solutions

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco FTD Firewall Technologies
- information security methodologies
- networking and routing concepts
- troubleshooting and problem-solving
- analytical skills
- VPN
- NAT
- threat prevention
- URL filtering
- application filtering

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