Senior Security Engineer

Security Engineer

A typical day of a Security Engineer revolves around system changes, lifecycle of firewalls, and the user VPN environment. It is the responsibility of this individual for device monitoring and response, proactive fault management, vendor engagement, vulnerabilities, and compliance of these systems.

The engineer will design, build, and administrate the security infrastructure of the Fortinet firewalls and Cisco VPN environment. Even though their job focusses more on the technical aspects, candidates will need to possess strong communication and organizational skills as the engineer will engage with other departments and vendors. The engineer will participate in the corporate change management process and would be required to complete these changes during nights and weekends.

The engineer will be responsible for troubleshooting firewall and VPN incidents, identifying root cause of incidents, and making appropriate recommendations to resolve them. The individual will need to review vulnerability, compliance risks, and fault analysis on perimeter devices and develop and implement remediation plans. This individual will also participate in the on-call rotation and annual projects as assigned.

Potential candidates will have a strong networking background with a proven history of network security expertise focused on VPN and Firewall technologies. The selected candidate will be mainly responsible for administering and supporting security solutions in a large enterprise environment. Excellent communication skills and the ability to solve complex problems are desired.

Provide network security diligence in configuration, implementation and support of enterprise assets such as firewalls and remote access. Responsibilities include ongoing management and support of security infrastructure in a large environment. Must be able to analyze situations, assess risk and determine appropriate actions necessary to complete requests or support the infrastructure. Must exercise good judgment in the handling of security related matters, must be sensitive to both legal and personnel related ramifications of their actions. Candidate will work to ensure that the security of enterprise devices is kept within an acceptable level of risk. Provide routine maintenance to components and systems. Providing 24/7 support of security systems as necessary to proactively protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information of the company. Tasks may include updating systems, researching logs, reporting metrics, time reporting, Change Control records, production documentation, etc.