Senior Firewall Engineer: Automation & Enterprise Security

Russell Tobin; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer with at least six years of hands-on expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise firewall and network security solutions. The role emphasizes advanced policy configuration, VPN, NAT, high-availability setups, and secure connectivity across complex environments.

You will work closely with network, security, and infrastructure teams, develop automation scripts (Python, Shell), and contribute to security monitoring, incident

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years hands-on experience in network security, firewall deployment, implementation, configuration, troubleshooting and support across enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with routing & switching and network security infrastructure.
• Experience implementing and managing FortiGate, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto and Check Point firewalls.
• Configure firewall policies, NAT, VPN, security zones, routing, access control rules, and high-availability configurations.
• Develop automation scripts/tools to simplify firewall configuration, monitoring and reporting.
• Proficient in Linux/Unix environments and scripting (Python, Shell).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise firewall and network security solutions.
• Collaborate with network, security, infrastructure, and applications teams to ensure secure connectivity.
• Monitor firewall, proxy logs and security events; troubleshoot incidents.
• Migrate, upgrade, and optimize firewall policies and performance.
• Develop and maintain automation for configuration, monitoring, and reporting.

Skills

Firewall engineering

Network security

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Linux/Unix

Automation

VPN

Security policies

High availability

Tools

FortiGate

Cisco ASA

Palo Alto

Check Point

Job description

Russell Tobin is seeking an experienced Firewall Engineer with at least six years of hands-on expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise firewall and network security solutions. The role emphasizes advanced policy configuration, VPN, NAT, high-availability setups, and secure connectivity across complex environments.

You will work closely with network, security, and infrastructure teams, develop automation scripts (Python, Shell), and contribute to security monitoring, incident