Network Security Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Maintain the client’s security and networking devices and upgrade when necessary
- Providing support for other engineers on PA equipment/software
- Cross train in-house to share knowledge and share workload
- Provide pre-sales support on client projects. This includes documentation designed and installation rollouts
- Responsible for LAN installation including switches and routers. (Cisco and HP)
- Provide support to project managers on security/network deployments
- Suggest and detail design changes as and when needed
- Documentation for the customers installations and provide continue service advice
- Pro-actively review and maintain client infrastructure
- Responding to emergency situations and performing effective troubleshooting during production outages
- Working remotely or onsite as per business requirements Person Specification Essential
- Knowledge and experience installing and supporting Palo Alto Security Appliances (minimum three years)
- Experience of installing Cisco and HP networking equipment.
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer 7-8 (PCNSE7-8) certification preferred.
- CCNP certified (or higher)
- Data knowledge o Knowledge of protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, SPT, TRUNKS, VLANs, Port-Channel, Static routing o Networking topologies and protocols. Examples being MPLS, VRF, SIP, Traffic Shaping / QoS o Palo Alto Command line o Cisco command line
- Must have a good networking background and understanding
- A high level of Palo Alto expertise in design, configuration, migrations, tuning and customization of features
- Thorough knowledge of Panorama, WildFire, Global Protect, and other Palo Alto features including and not limited to SSL decryption
- Familiarity with Data Centre environment and hosted deployments/cloud
- Experience of supporting clients remotely and face to face, along with experience of working with SIP providers
- Experience with Wireshark or other protocol analyzers
- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
- Must be flexible to work outside of business hours as per business requirements.
- Needs to be able to remain calm under pressure and ensure a logical thought process is maintained. Desirable
- Knowledge of Avaya and/or Mitel phone solutions
- Experience of the Python programming language
