Network Firewall Engineer

· Work with the Product Owner and Squad members to design, develop, test, configure, upgrade and maintain Fortinet and Checkpoint Firewalls with virtual instances (VDOM/VSX) in line with agreed requirements

· Work with your team to implement and operate your solutions

· Deploy infrastructure and network software according to our change management processes

· Collaborate with our internal and external customers following DevOps/Agile principles and best practices

· Assist in developing and maintaining technical documentation

· Interact and collaborate with other internal teams to ensure excellent customer satisfaction

· Handle issues always focusing on continuous improvement: you will automate, educate and share knowledge transparently.

· Opportunity to develop yourself and others in a true DevOps agile environment.

· This position is mission critical and offers flexible work (minimum 2 days onsite and maximum 3 days from home – per week)

· Willing to perform weekend deployment activities and on-call on a rotational basis with peer team members (Estimated: One Saturday out of 4 weekends)

Required technical skills

· Hands-on experience with Fortinet and Checkpoint Firewalls or similar technologies

· Hand-on experience with Firewall management platforms Forti Manager, FortiAnalyzer, Checkpoint Smart-One

· Familiarity with security policy management tools like Algosec Security Management System

· Familiarity with SD-WAN and Zero Trust

· Capable of troubleshooting complex network flows, interconnectivity, performance and configuration issues

· Provisions/executes firewall requests in accordance with security policies and standards on all environments.

· Familiarity with concepts like Zero Touch/Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

· Scripting in Shell, Python or Perl

Desired technical skills

· Certification in Fortinet FCP/FCSS Network Security, Checkpoint CCSA/CCSE, Cisco CCNA

· Daily and Weekly FW rule-base management (provisioning, assurance etc.,)

· Contribute, plan and execute Firewall product roadmap/evolution – upgrades and new features

· Independently deploy a new infrastructure/environment i.e. from High Level Design to Detailed Design to Deployment

· Identifies problems and inefficiencies within our network and organizational workflows and assists with any recommended remediation/ changes to correct (example: script and automate routine tasks)

· Participate in the evaluation of new network technologies

· Familiarity with Jira, Confluence and ServiceNow tools for collaboration

· Knowledge/experience operating in Linux operating system

Additional assets:
· Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline and Automation technologies for build and deployment – Ansible, Jenkins

· Good knowledge of IT security

Education & Experience
University degree in computer science or related field. Or equivalent work experience.

6-9 years of experience in a technical operational support area