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Location

Jackson, MS | United States

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Job description

MatchPoint Solutions is a fastgrowing young energetic global ITEngineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada China Ireland UK Brazil and India. Through our culture of innovation we inspire build and deliver business results from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industryspecific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Role: Senior Checkpoint Firewall Engineer

Location: Jackson Tennessee. Would like someone hybrid but depending on candidates theyre open to remote.

Contract Lenth: 12month CFH

Pay Rate: $60$70/hr on w2

Must haves: VPN Firewall admin

Nice to haves: Checkpoint advance networking is great

Daily Responsibilities: This person will be responsible for all aspects of managing and maintaining our Check Point firewalls including design implementation configuration ongoing optimization and security monitoring.

Responsibilities

Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join our team and play a key role in strengthening our security posture. This person will be responsible for all aspects of managing and maintaining our Check Point firewalls including design implementation configuration ongoing optimization and security monitoring. They will be a critical contributor in proactively identifying and implementing improvements to our firewall configurations ensuring protection against evolving threats.

Responsibilities:

• Design implement and manage complex Check Point firewall configurations.
• Proactively review and analyze existing firewall configurations to identify potential areas for improvement including security best practices efficiency and performance optimization.
• Implement identified improvements to enhance security posture and firewall effectiveness.
• Configure and maintain advanced firewall features such as VPNs IPS application control sandboxing and threat prevention blades.
• Monitor firewall logs for suspicious activity and investigate security incidents.
• Perform regular security audits and vulnerability assessments of the firewall environment.
• Stay uptodate on the latest Check Point software releases security threats and best practices.
• Provide technical support to other IT staff on Check Point firewall related issues.
• Document all firewall configurations and procedures.
• Participate in security initiatives and projects.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience as a Network Security Engineer or similar role.
• Proven experience with Check Point Security Gateways and firewall technologies.
• CCSE (Check Point Security Expert) certification or equivalent experience highly preferred.

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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