Assistant Manager Firewall Administrator 1 year fixed term contract

Tata Communications; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Communications in Chennai is seeking an experienced Assistant Manager Firewall Administrator to lead the firewall and network security operations for our enterprise customers. You will manage FortiGate, Palo Alto and VMware NSX environments, configure policies, VPNs and security upgrades in a 24x7 managed services setting, coordinating with clients and internal teams.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on experience and a strong ability to troubleshoot, optimize rules and respond to

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise firewall and network security infrastructure.
• Hands-on with FortiGate, Palo Alto and NSX security.
• Experience with VPN, NAT, and firewall policy management.
• Ability to manage 24x7 managed services environments.
• Customer-facing technical support experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage FortiGate, Palo Alto and VMware NSX firewalls.
• Configure security policies, VPNs, NAT and routing.
• Handle upgrades, patching and incident/change/problem management.
• Coordinate with customers in a 24x7 delivery model.

Skills

Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Admin

Palo Alto Firewall Admin

VMware NSX Security Administration

Firewall policy management

VPN configuration (Site-to-Site & RVPN

NAT, Routing, VLANs, TCP/IP

Firewall troubleshooting & incident mg

Firewall HA concepts

SSL Certificate Management

Tools

F5 Load Balancer

AVI Load Balancer

Cloud Security - AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Greetings from Tata Communications!

We are hiring for an Assistant Manager Firewall Administrator position for our Network & Security Operations team in Chennai.

Position Details

Role: Assistant Manager Firewall Administrator
Location: Chennai
Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: 1-Year Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

Function: Firewall, Network Security & Cloud Security Operations

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Administration
• Strong hands-on experience in Palo Alto Firewall Administration
• Experience in VMware NSX Security Administration
• Firewall policy management and rule optimization
• Site-to-Site VPN and Remote Access VPN
• NAT, Routing, VLANs and TCP/IP
• Firewall troubleshooting and security incident management
• Firewall HA concepts
• SSL Certificate Management

Good-to-Have Skills

• Basic Load Balancer administration - F5 / AVI
• Cloud Security - AWS / Azure / GCP
• SIEM integration and log analysis
• WAF
• NAC
• ITIL awareness
• Fortinet / VMware / CCNA / CCNP certifications

Role Overview

The role involves managing enterprise firewall and network security infrastructure, including FortiGate, Palo Alto and VMware NSX.

The candidate will be responsible for firewall configuration and administration, security policies, VPN, NAT, troubleshooting, upgrades and patching, NSX security, incident/change/problem management and customer coordination in a 24x7 managed services environment.

Candidates should have strong troubleshooting skills and experience handling enterprise production environments and customer-facing technical support.

Please note: This is a 1-Year Fixed Term Contract (FTC) opportunity with Tata Communications based in Chennai.