Network Security Engineer - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Eden Scott

Description

Excellent opportunity with a leading global organisation for an experienced Network Security Engineer who will join a busy team working on BAU and major future projects.

This role will be initially on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract basis with the potential to conversion to permanent role at the end of the fixed-term contract.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and responds to IT security events / alerts
• Plans and carry out proactive maintenance on network devices / firewalls etc.
• Perform troubleshooting tasks based on fault tickets
• Carry out moves / adds / changes on network / security solutions
• Acts as technical escalation point for network / firewall faults
• Perform design work (routing / switching etc.) for network implementation projects
• Ensures that network design / configuration are in compliance with industry best-practice, relevant regulatory requirements and internal policy
• Configures and deploys network / security solutions
• Acts as technical lead for larger assigned projects, including providing SME-level advice to project teams and stakeholders
• Manages and carries out smaller assigned projects independently, with oversight from management team
• Advises IT team on technology choices / best-practice relating to networks / security
• Identifies potential areas for improvement
• Liaises with internal business resources at all levels
• Liaises with external partners and suppliers

Experience required

• SOC experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years in a network security engineer / security analyst role, gained in medium to large enterprise environments
• Minimum 3 years routing and switching experience, gained in medium to large enterprise environments
• Significant experience in security event monitoring / analysis / remediation
• Significant experience with management of firewalls / security appliances (examples: Cisco FirePower, Palo Alto, CheckPoint, enterprise web / email filters, AAA solutions)
• Significant experience with troubleshooting of network and security solutions as point of escalation, including log and packet analysis
• Experience with Microsoft Defender suite (Azure / 365)
• Experience with management and implementation of dynamic routing protocols (BGP / OSPF)
• Experience with acting as technical lead (network / security) in projects, including interaction with project teams and stakeholders
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Preferably educated to degree level in a relevant field
• Holds or has previously held professional level certifications related to network security (examples: CEH, CISM, CCNP Security)