Informationsecurity Specialist

**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