FIREWALL SPECIALIST

Position Description.
CGI is one of the world's largest information technology and business process consulting services companies.
With more than professionals in over 40 countries, CGI delivers innovative and sustainable solutions in digital transformation, systems integration, and infrastructure management.
Your future duties and responsibilities.
- Performs various tasks related to the proper functioning of the new security infrastructure.
- Installs and configures firewalls according to security needs; - Manages filtering rules (opening/closing ports, specific authorization); - Performs regular equipment updates to ensure their security and performance; - Monitors firewall alerts and logs to detect anomalies or intrusion attempts; - Analyzes firewall-related security incidents and proposes corrective actions; - Performs regular audits to ensure the proper functioning of firewalls; - Diagnoses and resolves technical issues quickly in the event of a malfunction; - Documents interventions and changes made to the monitoring system.
- Participates in security audits by providing the necessary firewall reports; - Ensures that configurations comply with current standards and regulations.
- Propose improvements to strengthen network security; - Support internal teams and clients; - Process tickets and alerts from the ticketing system.
- Configure firewall rules on the various Checkpoint blades, such as application control, Identity Protection, IPS, Anti-virus, URL Filtering, and Threat Emulation on the devices to be implemented.
- Set up alerts for the intrusion detection and prevention system on the devices to be implemented.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role.
- At least 10 years of experience in firewall administration, primarily Checkpoint.
Experience working in a SOC is an asset.
Required Technologies - Proficiency in firewall administration and experience with Checkpoint and Fortinet firewalls - Good understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, etc.) - Knowledge of intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) Specific Skills/Knowledge Required - Good communicator; - Good customer-oriented approach; - Highly autonomous; - Quickly integrates into an experienced team; Assets.
- Knowledge of Checkpoint - Knowledge of Fortinet Bilingualism (French and English) is required for this position due to the nature of the role requiring interaction with national and global clients.
Skills.
Checkpoint French IP Networking What you can expect from us.
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