Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Network Security engineering, you are expected to work on Networking products or solutions based on any vendor hardware /vendor operating system software (i.e Vendor agnostic) with little or minimum support from superiors. E.g. include: Skills on Routers/Switches/ Load balancer. Typical examples of the other deliverables would be of deploying, managing and implementing networking solutions to address client business requirements. You will need to visit the domestic client's offices / data centres on a daily basis or on an as-needed basis as part of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in troubleshooting and problem solving a wide variety of client IT security related issues (Cisco FTD/Palo Alto/Checkpoint/Fortinet/Azure firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, proxy, Bluecoat/Forcepoint/Zscalar Web filtering).
• Mentor Tier 1 staff on event handling & response
• Manage day to day firewall operations, implementing firewall rule requests, configuration changes. Continually improve upon skills and ability to learn new technologies
• Incorporate and follow all change management processes and procedures as outlined by the customer. Participate in security and vulnerability risk assessments of the enterprise firewall environment.
• Contribute to L2/L3 SOPs/Runbook/KEDB in keeping process & documentation up to date.
• Contribute to request/incident/change management improvement process
  Ready to learn new technologies through internal trainings
• Prove communication skills
• Incorporate and follow all change management processes and procedures as outlined by the customer.
• Participate in security and vulnerability risk assessments of the enterprise firewall environment.
• Ready to work on 24/7 shifts to support client requirement.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Min 4-6 years of industry experience as a Network Security engineering on Design, Implementation and troubleshooting Firewall, load balancers.
• Hands-on Experience in handling Firewall products (PaloAlto, FortiGate, Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper, Sonicwall etc.) and
• Hands on experience with Proxy solutions(Forcepoint, Zscaler etc), IDS/IPS, WAF
• Assist in troubleshooting and problem solving a wide variety of client IT security related issues (Cisco FTD/Palo Alto/ firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, proxy, Bluecoat/Forcepoint/Zscalar Web filtering).
• Experience on firewall rules and data flow traffic in firewalls.
• Experience in performing /documenting RCA for major security incidents related to network security products Must have experience interacting with OEMs to fix product/technology related issue
• Experience on clustering and high availability.
• Experience in configuration and implementation of VPN across various vendor perimeter devices.
• Experience in routing technologies.
• Skilled in analysing and monitoring network security solutions.
• Should possess core understanding of web filtering gateways like BlueCoat, Zscaler or PaloAlto.
• Linux Basic knowledge, Advanced preferable. Basic Scripting knowledge in Python or shell scripting

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
• Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications

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This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.
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