Certified Fortinet Network Security Engineer

Datacentrix; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Midrand seeks a Firewall Engineer to support daily operations, implement network access control devices, and manage vendor relationships. The ideal candidate will build and configure solutions, participate in troubleshooting, and provide on-call support. Relevant certifications are essential.

Qualifications

• Relevant certifications for firewall engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for firewall engineering.
• Support implementation of network access control devices.
• Build and configure solutions across environments.
• Manage vendor relationships and escalations.
• Facilitate refresh of network security devices.
• Participate in on-call coverage rotation.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day support for firewall engineering and operation tasks and level 1 & 2 on-call technical support for the Firewall Engineering and Operations team, including assisting peers with issues and escalation.
• Supports the implementation and ongoing operations of network access control devices to include firewalls and SSL VPN devices.
• Work collaboratively across a variety of business units to implement new technology, support existing, and at times do so after normal business hours.
• Build and configure solutions in the development, test, and production environment, including documenting the security infrastructure and design
• Manage problems, maintain vendor relationships, and assist operations with vendor escalation and issue resolution.
• Facilitate device refresh of network security devices with a focus on capacity, manageability, and security of new and existing security infrastructure.
• Participate in team on-call coverage rotation
• Design, deploy and support enterprise-class Fortinet and SSL VPN devices.
• Design, deploy and support Firewall
• Complex troubleshooting to include network protocol and log analysis, raw data captures, and the correlation of disparate events spanning multiple devices and platforms.

Candidates with required certification will be considered. For more information please contact : Lister Malatjie