Network Security Engineer

Role & responsibilities :

• Hands-on expertise in Fortinet, Check Point, and Sophos firewalls (deployment, policy management, upgrades).
• Monitor and troubleshoot network and security performance, incidents, and outages.
• Lead network and security implementation, migration, and optimization projects.
• Configure VPNs, SDWAN, routing, and advanced security features (IPS, AV, Web Filtering).
• Perform layer-wise network audits and security assessments .
• Collaborate with ISPs, OEMs, and third-party vendors for issue resolution.
• Engage with customers for new business initiatives and security solution design.
• Maintain network and security documentation, diagrams, and SOPs.
• Provide value-added recommendations based on industry best practices and emerging technologies.

Preferred candidate profile

• Robust experience with addressing, sub-netting, routing, switching, VLANs, VTP, STP, NAT, VPN, 802.1x, VRRP, HSRP etc.
• Hands-on experience implementing, administrating and troubleshooting network devices: Cisco ASA, Cisco/HP network switches, Cisco/HP routers
• Strong knowledge of firewall policies, NAT rules, IP SLA, IPSec VPN, IDP & IPS, RADIUS, and TACACS.
• Strong knowledge of IP routing protocols OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, QoS, GRE, NetFlow WAN technologies.
• A good level of experience implementing and administering common TCP/IP based services, including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMTP, etc.
• Experience with standard network and security change and configuration control policies.
• CCNA(R&S) or CCNA Security certified