Network Security Engineer

Role & responsibilities :

• Manage and update firewall rule bases, including system/group definitions and authentication configurations at user, client, and session levels
• Administer firewall security policies, including system backups, alerts, monitoring, and logging functions
• Configure and maintain security policies for network infrastructure following proper change management processes
• Perform security policy rule administration and maintain regular configuration backups
• Proactively update and manage security device signatures
• Ensure log rotation, monitoring, and housekeeping of security device logs while maintaining optimal disk space utilization
• Design and implement proper network zoning architecture, with periodic review of security policies
• Configure and manage IPSEC VPNs (site-to-site and remote access)
• Perform network device hardening, configuration backups, and ongoing device management
• Handle log management and security monitoring activities
• Detect and mitigate WLAN attacks and perform WLAN configuration optimization
• Monitor and manage network configurations such as IP addressing, subnet masks, DNS settings, and IPSLA, ensuring adherence to change management processes
• Monitor existing IOS versions and installed patches; plan and execute IOS upgrades after validation in staging/incubation environments before production rollout

Must have skill : Fortinet (FortiGate) and Sophos Firewall