Security Engineer: Check Point & Fortinet (Hybrid, NYC)

Neos Talent; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Neos Talent in New York City is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to bolster production network security in a major financial services environment in the NYC area.

The role focuses on firewall, proxy, DNS and load-balancing infrastructure with Check Point and Fortinet expertise. You will work in a hybrid pattern (3 days in office), handle incidents, changes, and RCA in a highly controlled enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on experience with Check Point and Fortinet / FortiGate.
• Strong understanding of firewall policy changes, NAT, VPNs, rule reviews and troubleshooting.
• Operational experience with F5 LTM / GTM load balancing.
• Experience supporting DNS / DHCP, ideally with Infoblox.
• Exposure to enterprise proxy environments, ideally Blue Coat and/or McAfee.
• Strong production support background, including incidents, controlled changes, documentation and RCA.
• Comfortable troubleshooting across TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, proxies, DNS and application connectivity.
• Able to work in a structured, highly controlled enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on BAU network security engineering in a major financial services environment.
• Review and implement firewall policies, NATs, and VPN configurations with careful change control.
• Troubleshoot across TCP/IP, routing, DNS, proxies and application connectivity in production.
• Coordinate incident response, RCA documentation and operational changes with the team.

Skills

Check Point

Fortinet / FortiGate

Firewall policies

NAT / VPNs

F5 LTM/GTMs

DNS / DHCP

Infoblox

Proxy environments

Tools

Infoblox

Blue Coat

McAfee

F5 LTM/GTM

Job description

Neos Talent in New York City is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to bolster production network security in a major financial services environment in the NYC area.

The role focuses on firewall, proxy, DNS and load-balancing infrastructure with Check Point and Fortinet expertise. You will work in a hybrid pattern (3 days in office), handle incidents, changes, and RCA in a highly controlled enterprise setting.