Junior Firewall Engineer - Cape Town | Networking & VPNs

IT Naledi Solutions; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Naledi Solutions in Cape Town seeks a security-focused firewall engineer with 1–3 years of production firewall experience. The role emphasizes firewall administration as a primary duty, strong networking knowledge, and hands-on work with policies, NAT, VPNs, logging, and troubleshooting.

Local base in Cape Town is preferred, with optional familiarity in Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet. Applicants should demonstrate solid documentation skills and clear communication to support ongoing security

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of production firewall experience.
• Firewall administration must have been a primary job function.
• Strong networking knowledge.
• Experience with firewall policies, NAT, VPNs, logging, and troubleshooting.
• Based in Cape Town.
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet firewalls would be beneficial but is not required.

Skills

Firewall administration

Networking knowledge

Firewall policies

NAT

VPNs

Logging

Troubleshooting

Tools

Palo Alto Networks

Fortinet

Job description

IT Naledi Solutions in Cape Town seeks a security-focused firewall engineer with 1–3 years of production firewall experience. The role emphasizes firewall administration as a primary duty, strong networking knowledge, and hands-on work with policies, NAT, VPNs, logging, and troubleshooting.

Local base in Cape Town is preferred, with optional familiarity in Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet. Applicants should demonstrate solid documentation skills and clear communication to support ongoing security