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Job Description :
Position details:
Job title: Product Specialist 3
Location: Augusta, Maine
Duration: 6+ Months
Interview: WebEx

Description:
Proposed job titles:
Firewall real world job posting
Product Specialist
The Product Specialist is the expert for a technical development or execution environment product or set of products. The primary responsibility of a Product Specialist is to ensure the availability and facilitate the productive use of a product for Application Teams or end users. The Product Specialist may own part of a product, all of one, or several products depending on the nature of the product(s) and their use. The Product Specialist requires significant to expert experience and skills in the product supported. The Product Specialist will usually also have significant experience in the operating environment(s) (e.g., HP/UX, NT, MVS, etc) on which the product is implemented. The product specialist also requires significant knowledge of security and firewall areas. If the product is one that was internally developed, the supporting PS should also have most of the skills of a Programmer. The Product Specialist is responsible for collaborating with Technical Architecture Specialist, System Specialists, Programmers and vendors to ensure and enhance the use of the product and effect migration to new versions of a product.

Background and qualifications:
PS3
Years of Relevant Experience: 2 to 5 years
Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study

?Strong expertise in deployment, configuration, tuning and administration of Checkpoint firewalls
?Checkpoint Version R77-R80.20
?Basic understanding of IDS/IPS/DLP appliances
?Thorough understanding of large scale environments
?Strong presentation and verbal communication skills
?Process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail, and strong organizational skills
?Ability to build consensus
?Strong interpersonal skills

Key tasks:
?Design, setting engineering standards, Configure, administer, and document firewall infrastructure, working with Checkpoint
?Manage the firewall deployment, rules migrations, and firewall administration.
?Responsible for converting existing rule base onto new platforms.
?Thoroughly familiar with Checkpoint models, capabilities, and architectures including firewall virtualization
?Fully versed in the syntax of security platforms, and rule verification

General profile:
?Highly independent resource
?Solid communication skills and team player

Role Description:
?Make sound recommendations on functional and technical improvements to the product.
?Analyze the functional and technical impact of product planning decisions.
?Develop appropriate functional and usability standards for products.
?Track and document expected volume and type of use of the product.
?Participate in product design reviews to verify that design meets quality standards and functional/technical requirements.
?Perform impact analyses on production fixes and enhancements to establish priorities.
?Provide basic product support and provide accurate and complete answers to detailed product questions in a timely manner.
?Provide effective on-site product support as needed.
?Accurately sets severity of identified defects.
Provide input to training and / or documentation materials regarding latest technical and functional design changes.
?Document all work for future reference.
?Review the system test approach and conditions used as the basis for detailed test scenarios.
?Follow quality standards.
?Analytical and customer service skills.
?Communicate accurate and useful status updates.
?Ability to work in a team environment
?Complete assigned tasks.
?Strong communication skills; both written and spoken
?Actively contribute as an expert or actual designer.
?Coordinate product design reviews to verify that design meets quality standards and functional/technical requirements.
?Provide accurate estimates for design and programming efforts for system changes and enhancements.
?Design and provide input on product security and firewall issues.
?Coordinate enhancements to business and logical data models with data base administration to make the appropriate changes to the physical data model.
?Confirm that technical architecture will support all changes required by product enhancements.
?Effectively lead product tests and trials.
?Identify appropriate business examples to illustrate key concepts / features.
?Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting own work and work of the Application Team. Develop contingency plans as necessary.
?Apply specific expertise to ensure that products meet defined customer objectives.
?Anticipate and resolve issues specific to the team.
?Determine time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.
?Identify and track issues, risks and action items.


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