Manage enterprise firewall environments across Palo Alto, Fortinet FortiGate and Cisco ASA platforms, handling security configuration, traffic segmentation and controlled access between interconnected network environments.
Implement and maintain Layer 3 and Layer 7 firewall policies, NAT translations and access control rules, ensuring appropriate traffic permissions across enterprise and branch networks.
Analyse existing firewall rulebases, identify redundant or conflicting entries, and perform rule optimisation and configuration cleanup to strengthen network access controls.
Configure and maintain Site-to-Site VPN, Remote Access VPN and IPsec tunnels, including troubleshooting encrypted connectivity between branch locations, enterprise networks and remote users.
Investigate firewall-related connectivity and security incidents by correlating traffic logs, packet captures and network traces using Wireshark, TCPDump and native firewall diagnostic utilities.
Monitor and investigate network security alerts through SIEM platforms, including Splunk, IBM QRadar and Microsoft Sentinel, supporting incident analysis and security event resolution.
Execute firewall firmware upgrades, security patching, configuration reviews and rule changes, following controlled change procedures to minimise disruption to business-critical network services.
Troubleshoot security and connectivity issues across firewall, VPN and WAN environments, identifying interactions between access policies, routing paths and encrypted network traffic.
Support the integration of firewall controls with Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure, including controller-managed WAN edge environments and distributed enterprise site connectivity.
Handle routing and network security interactions involving BGP, OSPF, VRF and MPLS PE-CE connectivity, particularly during WAN changes, migration activities and connectivity restoration.
Requirements
Minimum 9 years of overall experience in enterprise network engineering, including atleast 4 years of hands-on experience in network security, firewall administration and security implementation across enterprise WAN environments.
Hands-on configuration and administration experience in at least one of the following enterprise firewall platforms: Palo Alto, Fortinet FortiGate or Cisco ASA.
Hands-on experience implementing Layer 3/Layer 7 firewall policies, NAT, ACLs, traffic filtering and firewall rulebase analysis and optimisation.
Experience configuring and troubleshooting Site-to-Site VPN, Remote Access VPN and IPsec tunnels across multi-site enterprise networks.
Practical experience in packet-level investigation and firewall traffic analysis using Wireshark, TCPDump and firewall logs.
Experience monitoring and investigating security events through SIEM platforms such as Splunk, IBM QRadar or Microsoft Sentinel.
Hands-on experience with Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure, including vManage, vSmart, vBond and cEdge/vEdge device provisioning and configuration.
Implementation experience in BGP and OSPF routing, including VRF configuration, route maps and routing policy troubleshooting.
Experience in MPLS PE-CE connectivity, WAN routing integration and troubleshooting network-level connectivity issues.
Familiarity with Cisco ISR 4000, ASR 1000 or CSR1000v platforms and enterprise network management tools such as Cisco DNA Centre, Cisco PRIME or Cisco ISE.
Cisco certifications in enterprise routing and switching or SD-WAN implementation, along with relevant firewall vendor certifications, will be preferred.
Need to be available for on-call standby during the weekend.