AlgoSec Network Security Engineer - Contract

GCS Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer with strong AlgoSec and enterprise firewall expertise to join a growing security team in the United Kingdom. This hands-on role focuses on firewall policy management, security governance, automation and compliance across complex multi-vendor environments.

You will administer AlgoSec Security Management Suite, review firewall policies, analyse risks and automate security tasks using Python/PowerShell/Bash and REST APIs.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AlgoSec experience in enterprise environments.
• Extensive firewall experience (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Check Point).
• Strong scripting skills in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Experience with security governance, ITIL processes and audits.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support AlgoSec Security Management Suite.
• Manage firewall policy reviews, optimisation, risk analysis.
• Support FireFlow, Firewall Analyser, ObjectFlow and AppViz.
• Analyse application connectivity and network traffic flows.
• Manage firewall changes, exceptions and security incidents.
• Automate security processes using scripting and REST APIs.
• Support security governance, audit and compliance activities.
• Work with infrastructure, security and engineering stakeholders.

Skills

AlgoSec

Firewall administration

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

REST APIs

Security governance

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Cisco ASA/Firepower

Check Point

Job description

Network Security Engineer (AlgoSec)

We are seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer with strong AlgoSec and enterprise firewall experience to join a growing security team.

This is a hands-on role focused on firewall policy management, security governance, automation and compliance across complex multi-vendor environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support AlgoSec Security Management Suite.
• Manage firewall policy reviews, optimisation, risk analysis.
• Support FireFlow, Firewall Analyser, ObjectFlow and AppViz.
• Analyse application connectivity and network traffic flows.
• Manage firewall changes, exceptions and security incidents.
• Automate security processes using scripting and REST APIs.
• Support security governance, audit and compliance activities.
• Work with infrastructure, security and engineering stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on AlgoSec experience.
• Extensive enterprise firewall experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA/Firepower and/or Check Point.
• Strong knowledge of firewall administration, NAT, VPN, segmentation and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with security governance, compliance and ITIL processes.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, PowerShell and/or Bash.
• Experience with REST APIs and automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform.