Security Network Engineer: Firewall & VPN Specialist

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Network Engineer (Security) based in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa. You will plan and implement network infrastructure and security strategies while managing IT support staff on critical projects.

The role requires deep hands-on firewall expertise across Palo Alto, Fortinet and Check Point, VPN setup, rule management, and advanced troubleshooting. Strong collaboration across teams is essential to deliver secure, reliable networks.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in Cisco Networking / Security / Converged Communications.
• Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto, Panorama, Fortigate, FortiManager/Analyzer, Cisco ISE, Check Point NGFW.
• Ability to create, change and analyse firewall rules and troubleshoot.
• Configure and troubleshoot HA clusters, backups, upgrades, patches and migrations of firewalls.
• Experience with packet captures and troubleshooting on Palo Alto, Check Point and Fortigate firewalls.
• Knowledge of Check Point internal communication protocols and troubleshooting skills.
• Site-to-site IPSEC VPN and Remote VPN (SSL) setup across Check Point, Palo Alto and Fortigate.
• Advanced production problem troubleshooting with RCA and fault diagnosis.
• Regular review and optimization of firewall rule bases.

Skills

Firewall administration

Network security

Troubleshooting

Policy management

Team leadership

VPN setup

Tools

Palo Alto

Panorama

FortiGate

FortiManager/Analyzer

Cisco ASA

Check Point NGFW

Cisco ISE

Smart-1 appliances

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Network Engineer (Security) based in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa. You will plan and implement network infrastructure and security strategies while managing IT support staff on critical projects.

The role requires deep hands-on firewall expertise across Palo Alto, Fortinet and Check Point, VPN setup, rule management, and advanced troubleshooting. Strong collaboration across teams is essential to deliver secure, reliable networks.