**Company Description**
**Job Description** VAM Systems **is currently looking for **Information Security Specialist **for our** Bahrain **operations with the following skillsets and terms & conditions:
**Qualifications**:
– Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience.
– Strong written and verbal communication skills
– Certified in Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator or related firewall certifications.
**Experience**
– 5+ years of proven experience in cyber security area.
– Hands on experience in supporting Palo Alto/Fortinet/Cisco firewalls.
– Experience in setting up site to site VPN tunnels including troubleshooting.
– Provisioning of firewall access rules and maintain firewalls along with related security platforms to its latest stable versions.
– Proactively and effectively identify and improve supported security platforms.
– Evaluates and recommends new products, maintains knowledge of emerging technologies.
– Act as the primary contact for support issues and coordinate with respective product support teams to resolve cases and assist in escalations wherever required.
– Prepare incident reports and perform root cause analysis whenever required.
– Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and share reports with relevant stakeholders for the risk mitigations.
– Perform reviews to optimize the platform security to acceptable levels – firewall rule reviews, user access reviews etc.
– Closely monitor customer requests and provision the requests within the SLA period.
– Strong troubleshooting skills
– Working knowledge of enterprise corporate networks and understanding of standard operating models.
– Experience in using various monitoring, management, and capacity planning tools.
**Desired Skills**:
– Cisco/Palo Alto/Fortinet Firewalls
– AWS security
– Microsoft Azure security skills including DLP
– Vulnerability scanners
– Identity Management (Wallix/CyberArk/Microsoft)
– Web Application Firewall (WAF)
– Skills required in network-oriented problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting
– Knowledgeable in network fundamentals and IP communication technologies
– Core understanding of routing, switching and various network topologies.
– Strong planning and problem-solving skills
– Able to handle private and confidential information
– Able to work independently and efficiently to meet project milestones and support SLAs.
– Able to multi-task, prioritize, and resolve multiple inquiries at once or in order of priority.
– Able to assist in troubleshooting complex hardware, software, and network issues with support.
– Able to identify and rapidly learn new and complex technologies Stay up-to-date on cybersecurity trends and security standards.
– Knowledge of security best practice guidelines (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS)
**Terms and conditions**
**Joining time frame: (15 – 30 days)**
**Additional Information** Terms and conditions**:
**Joining time frame**:maximum 4 weeks