Senior WAN, Check Point & Azure Networking Engineer

Optimal Growth Technologies; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Part time

Job summary

Optimal Growth Technologies is seeking a WAN, Check Point Firewall & Azure Networking Engineer for a 3-month contract. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and administering enterprise WAN, Check Point firewalls and Microsoft Azure networking with an emphasis on availability, performance and security.

You will handle troubleshooting, optimisation and resilient network solutions. Candidates should have strong hands-on WAN, Check Point and Azure networking experience, plus knowledge of

Qualifications

• Relevant degree, diploma or technical qualification in IT, Networking or a related field.
• Check Point certification such as CCSA/CCSE would be advantageous.
• Microsoft Azure networking certification such as AZ-700 would be advantageous.
• Cisco certification such as CCNA/CCNP would be beneficial.

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 Azure VNet, Subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, Route Tables/UDRs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Private Endpoints, VNet Peering.
• Support hybrid connectivity between on-premises 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.

Skills

WAN technologies

Check Point Firewall administration

Microsoft Azure Networking

Network monitoring & troubleshooting

TCP/IP networking

BGP/OSPF routing

Education

Degree or Diploma in IT/Networking

Tools

Check Point Certification (CCSA/CCSE)

AZ-700 (Azure networking)

CCNA/CCNP

Job description

Optimal Growth Technologies is seeking a WAN, Check Point Firewall & Azure Networking Engineer for a 3-month contract. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and administering enterprise WAN, Check Point firewalls and Microsoft Azure networking with an emphasis on availability, performance and security.

You will handle troubleshooting, optimisation and resilient network solutions. Candidates should have strong hands-on WAN, Check Point and Azure networking experience, plus knowledge of