Firewall Engineer Cover Letter

Please consider me for the firewall engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for direct network operations support, including router and switch configuration, firewall administration, VPN support, and IDS/IPS and URL filtering support.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Demonstrate excellence in written and verbal communication skills at Technical and Managerial levels
• Proficiency with TCP-IP and IPv4
• Familiar with some type of Service Desk ticketing systems (Remedy, Service Now)
• Support of production environment with 250+ firewalls comprising of ASA, vASA & Juniper Netscreen/SRX
• Apply global information security office's network access standards and security zone standards to build firewall rule policies in respect of production support and change requests
• Supports the firewall infrastructure
• Provide support for Operations during business critical incidents requiring knowledge of incident management, change management, troubleshooting methods & tools, log review, monitoring, alerting & reporting
• Designs and plans new firewall and network security systems to protect the network from internal and external threats

Please consider me for the firewall engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for intermediate level infrastructure services, including installing, configuring, and integrating Palo Alto firewall and other enterprise data center technologies.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• PCNSE (preferred)
• JNCIP-SEC (preferred)
• Experience with firewalls, routers, load balancers and DMZ silos
• Working knowledge with F5 ASM / GTM/ LTM
• CEH (Written into offer letter for completion within 6 months)
• Fortinet NSE 5
• Experience with Fortinet Fortigate firewalls, CISCO ASA
• CCSA and CCSE Check Point certifications Nice to have

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the firewall engineer position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for technical support on all security aspects of the operations of the firewall, VPNs, IDS/IPS, NAC, DLP, Web Filtering, Radius, enterprise End-point protection solutions, Enterprise centralized log management solution.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Evaluates potential network security products, technical solutions, and capacity requirements to meet business needs
• Tests network security design, newly released equipment software and operating system for security vulnerabilities
• Analyzes current security device configurations and determines implementation requirements
• Develops implementation strategies, plans and processes for a nationwide rollout/upgrade of the Juniper and Check Point Firewalls
• Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for administering the firewalls and Endpoint Profiler system
• Provides daily monitoring/detection of potential threats and develop risk mitigation solutions
• Configure and maintain Domain Name Server (DNS), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers
• Provides third-level technical support and troubleshooting for critical network security problems

I would like to submit my application for the firewall engineer opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for extensive knowledge of Gigamon, Palo Alto Firewalls, FireEye, Sourcefire, Lancope SteATLhWatch, and/or RSA NetWitness security tools.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Active Firewall Industry Certification
• Experience working with AIX servers in a large enterprise network
• Network engineering industry certification
• Understanding of Cisco switches/routers and principle LAN/WAN technologies
• FirePower/Source Fire
• Provides data network design, implementation, documentation, and troubleshooting with particular focus on firewalls, security, and datacenter networks
• Provides design and product recommendations and configurations for both datacenter and branch office network and security deployments
• Requires experience with firewalls, load balancing, design and troubleshooting, and Internet environments

I am excited to be applying for the position of firewall engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for knowledge in creation, editing, and management of signatures, rules, filters, and custom content for specialized cybersecurity systems including but not limited to network and host-based IDS, IPS, firewall, web application firewall, proxy and SIEM systems.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong Firewall and security background Palo Alto would be a requirement
• Strong knowledge of both Wired & Wireless Technologies
• Experience in designing and supporting wireless in dense environments
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer technologies - TCP/IP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, QoS, IPv6
• Solid experience configuring and troubleshooting routing and switched infrastructure
• Expert level knowledge of Cisco ASA and Barracuda Firewalls
• Preferred applicants will also be familiar with government information assurance standards including FFIEC, COBIT, NIST 800-53, auditing and accreditation processes
• Knowledge of IT security from a technical point