3-6 month rth. Minimum Education & Experience CCSP or CCNP 5 years or proven experience with Cisco products Experience with Checkpoint Firewall Experience with Cisco ASA Experience with the Cisco FWSM - Cisco Firewall Service Module (this is a blade in the core switch) configuration and management Responsibilities This Position reports to the Director of Network Services and is responsible for: Cisco ASA configuration and management Cisco Routers configuration and management Checkpoint Firewall configuration and management Cisco Firewall Service Module (this is a blade in the core switch) configuration and management Cisco Switch, Layer 3 and Layer 2 configuration and management Disaster Recovery - Networking Bandwidth monitoring and capacity planning RSA configuration and management IOS upgrades Remote Worker VPN deployment and support MPLS networks Expertise Cisco Certified Security Professional or higher preferred. Extensive knowledge of Internet Protocols, communication protocols, data and network security. Network Monitoring Tools. Experience with using packet analyzers such as WireShark. Cisco Switch Configuration and Troubleshooting. Cisco Router Configuration and Troubleshooting. Network Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting. IP routing skills (BGP, Route filtering). GRE and VPN experience. MPLS experience. Hands-on experience of network encryption techniques (IPSEC). Experience with configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Quality of Service. Systematically troubleshoot difficult and/or complex application, system, and/or network issues as they arise. Define and document a process to ensure that the components that make up a production service have adequate capacity and scalability to handle anticipated traffic volumes. Responsible for defining, designing and implementing highly available, fault tolerant network solutions. Perform quarterly Firewall reviews and rule consolidation. Perform risk assessments on networking infrastructure.