Our client is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a high-priority firewall governance and remediation program. This individual will drive cross-functional efforts to assess, standardize, and optimize firewall security policies while ensuring compliance with internal security standards and PCI DSS requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a firewall policy review and remediation initiative across the enterprise
• Coordinate firewall, network security, infrastructure, application, and business teams to identify and remediate non-compliant firewall rules
• Manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and executive-level status reporting
• Oversee firewall rule inventory analysis, ownership identification, and business application mapping
• Drive efforts to standardize firewall rule naming conventions, including validation of Business Application IDs (BAPPIDs), ownership assignments, and required business context
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions to validate business requirements and determine appropriate access controls
• Coordinate the identification and remediation of overly permissive, high-risk, obsolete, and unused firewall rules
• Ensure compliance with internal security policies, governance standards, and PCI DSS requirements
• Track remediation progress, compliance metrics, and audit readiness activities
• Partner with security and network teams to optimize firewall rule sets and improve overall security posture
• Communicate project status, blockers, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership and key stakeholders