AddressExcellent opportunity with a leading global organisation for an experienced Network Security Engineer who will join a busy team working on BAU and major future projects.
This role will be initially on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract basis with the potential to conversion to permanent role at the end of the fixed-term contract.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and responds to IT security events / alerts
- Plans and carry out proactive maintenance on network devices / firewalls etc.
- Perform troubleshooting tasks based on fault tickets
- Carry out moves / adds / changes on network / security solutions
- Acts as technical escalation point for network / firewall faults
- Perform design work (routing / switching etc.) for network implementation projects
- Ensures that network design / configuration are in compliance with industry best-practice, relevant regulatory requirements and internal policy
- Configures and deploys network / security solutions
- Acts as technical lead for larger assigned projects, including providing SME-level advice to project teams and stakeholders
- Manages and carries out smaller assigned projects independently, with oversight from management team
- Advises IT team on technology choices / best-practice relating to networks / security
- Identifies potential areas for improvement
- Liaises with internal business resources at all levels
- Liaises with external partners and suppliers
Experience required
- SOC experience preferred.
- Minimum 5 years in a Network Security Engineer / security analyst role, gained in medium to large enterprise environments
- Minimum 3 years routing and switching experience, gained in medium to large enterprise environments
- Significant experience in security event monitoring / analysis / remediation
- Significant experience with management of firewalls / security appliances (examples: Cisco FirePower, Palo Alto, CheckPoint, enterprise web / email filters, AAA solutions)
- Significant experience with troubleshooting of network and security solutions as point of escalation, including log and packet analysis
- Experience with Microsoft Defender suite (Azure / 365)
- Experience with management and implementation of dynamic routing protocols (BGP / OSPF)
- Experience with acting as technical lead (network / security) in projects, including interaction with project teams and stakeholders
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Preferably educated to degree level in a relevant field
- Holds or has previously held professional level certifications related to Network Security (examples: CEH, CISM, CCNP Security)
