Network Security Engineer- F5 LTM / GTM & Firewall

Role & responsibilities

• The role is focused on hands-on enterprise-level implementation, deployment and troubleshooting of firewall and load-balancing solutions.
• The ideal candidate should have strong practical experience in F5 LTM/GTM along with hands-on experience in FortiGate or Cisco ASA firewalls.
• This is a Junior/Mid-level engineering role. Candidates should be comfortable working on project implementations and production changes with guidance from senior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on implementation and deployment of F5 LTM/GTM solutions in enterprise environments.
• Configure F5 VIPs, Virtual Servers, Pools, Pool Members and Health Monitors.
• Work on F5 LTM load-balancing configurations and traffic management.
• Perform F5 GTM/GSLB configurations, including Wide IPs, DNS and health monitoring.
• Configure and implement FortiGate or Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Configure firewall policies, NAT, VPN/IPSec and security rules.
• Participate in enterprise network security implementation projects.
• Support activities from planning and configuration through testing and production go-live.
• Troubleshoot firewall, load-balancing and network connectivity issues.
• Perform production changes in accordance with change management procedures.
• Prepare and maintain HLD/LLD and technical implementation documentation.
• Coordinate with network, security, application and project teams during implementation activities.
• Provide post-implementation support and troubleshoot issues through resolution.

Mandatory Skills

• 68 years of experience in Network / Network Security Engineering.
• Hands-on F5 LTM implementation and deployment experience.
• Hands-on F5 GTM implementation and deployment experience.
• Hands-on firewall experience with FortiGate/Fortinet OR Cisco ASA.
• Experience in enterprise-level implementation and deployment.
• Strong understanding of firewall policies, NAT, VPN/IPSec and troubleshooting.
• Experience configuring F5 VIPs, Virtual Servers, Pools and Health Monitors.
• Good understanding of routing, switching and network security fundamentals.
• Experience working on production implementations and go-live activities.

Good to Have

• Palo Alto or Check Point firewall experience.
• Fortinet certification / NSE certification.
• SD-WAN exposure.
• Data center networking experience.
• Experience with HLD/LLD documentation.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for hands-on engineers with project implementation experience.

The candidate should have experience with:

Design/Planning Configuration Implementation Testing Production Deployment Go-Live

Candidates with only BAU support, monitoring, ticket handling or NOC/SOC experience without hands-on implementation exposure will not be preferred.