Firewall Engineering Support - ECB Remediation/Network Security Automation (Contract)

Projective Limited; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Firewall Engineering Support professional. This role emphasizes automating Firewall-change workflows and enhancing policy governance for a major banking client. Candidates should have strong Firewall engineering and Python skills, with a focus on regulatory compliance. The position offers a hybrid work model and the chance to shape key automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Firewall engineering experience (e.g., Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, Cisco).
• Proven Python scripting and API integration skills for network-security automation.
• Knowledge of network security design, policy management, and compliance standards.
• Familiarity with ECB or other financial sector regulatory frameworks is desirable.
• Confident communicator able to work with both technical and governance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate Firewall-change workflows using Python and API integrations.
• Support dynamic policy review, approval, and update processes.
• Implement security controls as code and infrastructure-as-code.
• Produce data-driven outputs for ECB-related reporting.
• Collaborate with teams to strengthen automation and governance.

Skills

Firewall engineering experience

Python Scripting

API integration skills

Network security design knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate Firewall-change workflows using Python and API integrations.
• Support dynamic policy review, approval, and update processes across multi-vendor environments.
• Implement security controls as code and infrastructure-as-code aligned with operating-model standards.
• Produce data-driven outputs to support ECB-related reporting and security-control visibility.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to strengthen automation, audit traceability, and governance.

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on Firewall engineering experience (eg Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, Cisco).
• Proven Python Scripting and API integration skills for network‑security automation.
• Knowledge of network security design, policy management, and compliance standards.
• Familiarity with the ECB, DORA, or other financial sector regulatory frameworks (PRA/FCA/EBA) is desirable.
• Confident communicator able to work with both technical and governance stakeholders.

Project Overview

Projective Group is looking for a Firewall Engineering Support professional to join a major banking client on a high‑profile ECB remediation and automation programme. The focus of this role is to accelerate Firewall change automation, strengthen policy governance, and enhance overall compliance readiness in line with ECB and wider regulatory expectations. You'll work as part of a small, high‑impact team building automated solutions that integrate with existing Firewall infrastructure, streamline change approval workflows, and embed controls‑as‑code to improve both efficiency and audit traceability. This is a hands‑on engineering role suited to someone comfortable working across security, networking, and Python‑based automation.

Contract Details

• 6-12‑month contract with potential extension.
• Hybrid model - London office 2-3 days per week.
• Chance to shape a key automation initiative within a leading global bank.

About Projective Group

At Projective Group, we partner with leading financial organisations to deliver impactful change across Risk & Compliance, Data, Payments, and Transformation. We combine deep industry knowledge with hands‑on expertise to help our clients meet complex regulatory, technology, and operational‑resilience challenges.