Senior Check Point & Azure Networking Engineer

Optimal Growth Technologies

South Africa

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,350,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Optimal Growth Technologies in Gauteng, South Africa, seeks an experienced WAN, Check Point Firewall & Azure Networking Engineer to design, implement, administer, monitor and optimise enterprise networks and security environments.

You will work hands-on across WAN, Check Point, and Azure networking, focusing on availability, performance, security and resilience, with responsibilities spanning VPNs, NSGs, ExpressRoute and hybrid cloud integration.

Qualifications

Strong hands-on experience with WAN technologies and enterprise networking.
Strong Check Point Firewall administration and troubleshooting experience.
Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN and network security.
Experience with BGP, OSPF and routing protocols.
Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery principles.

Responsibilities

Design, configure and support enterprise WAN and LAN network environments.
Manage WAN connectivity, routing and network performance.
Troubleshoot complex network connectivity and performance issues.
Configure and manage routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
Monitor network availability, capacity and performance.
Work with service providers to resolve connectivity and circuit-related incidents.
Support network changes, upgrades and migrations.
Ensure network infrastructure meets availability, performance and security requirements.
Install, configure, administer and maintain Check Point firewalls.
Manage firewall policies, NAT, VPNs, access rules and security configurations.
Perform firewall rule reviews and optimisation.
Troubleshoot firewall and network security incidents.
Monitor firewall performance, logs and security events.
Implement security changes in accordance with change management processes.
Support high-availability firewall environments.
Design, implement and support Microsoft Azure networking environments.
Configure and manage: Subnets, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, VNet Peering.
Support hybrid connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and Azure.
Troubleshoot Azure network connectivity and routing issues.
Assist with Azure network migrations and cloud transformation initiatives.
Implement secure and scalable Azure network architectures.