Job Description

• This position is responsible for the day-to-day design and administration of the network firewalls and proxy systems, designed to protect networks and systems from malicious/unauthorized network access or misuse. 
• Design, plan and implement aspects of the network security infrastructure
• Work closely with customers in the pre-implementation process to design and architect desired customer solutions.
• Work closely with the implementation team to quality check deployments and perform initial vulnerability assessment as part of the customer environment acceptance process.
• Perform ongoing optimization of the network security devices to ensure adequate capacity, availability, and scalability
• Research, plan and coordinate complex maintenance activities
• Having a broad knowledge of information security, understanding application, data, threats and mitigation, and security trends.
• Primary responsibilities include updating firewall rules/policies to meet customer requirements, validating that user requests do not allow unauthorized network access, firewall log analysis, and troubleshooting network connectivity problem via the use of packet capture using packet capture technologies.
• Troubleshooting firewall fault conditions and coordinating firewall rebuild efforts
• Coordinates with the customer’s Security Operations Centre to proactively defend against the known exploits and vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate with customer’s team to configure internet proxy servers to restrict corporate internet access to support the company's acceptable use policy.
• Diagnoses and resolves network connectivity problems in short time frames
• Applies security software patches and assists in capacity expansions.
• Updates incident and change management records.
• Identify improvements focusing on strategy, service integration, monitoring, documentation, and Automation opportunities.
• Utilizes existing tools and leverages open-source solutions to automate tasks with an emphasis on scalability and reliability. 
• Provides technical support for activities that improve the security posture of Customer's networks.

Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, telecommunications or a related fieldisrequired.
• A minimum of3+ years of professional experience
• Strong Experience in Enterprise Networking (Routing, Switching, TCP/IP, etc.)
• Strong experience in standard Enterprise Network Firewalls such as Check Point, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks.
• Demonstrated ability to systematically troubleshoot problems in complexsystems and network environments
• Knowledge and experience in EDR, XDR, SIEM and SOAR are preferred.